#28C9C6#28C9C6

#28C9C6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C9C6
RGB	rgb(40, 201, 198)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -39.15, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 40.37, 194.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1202 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.123 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9500, 46.2976, 60.6675)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C9C6 #C9282B

analogous

#28C976 #28C9C6 #287CC9

triadic

#28C9C6 #C628C9 #C9C628

tetradic

#28C9C6 #7628C9 #C9282B #7CC928

square

#28C9C6 #7628C9 #C9282B #7CC928

split-complementary

#28C9C6 #C9287C #C97628

monochromatic

#146361 #1E9694 #28C9C6 #52DDDA #85E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#28C9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#28C9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C9C6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C9C6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 201, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81dad7',
    500: '#28c9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c9c6;
$custom-light: #81dad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.882,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C9C6

secondary

#D07D7F

accent

#3E41EA

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C9C6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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