#28797E#28797E

#28797E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28797E
RGB	rgb(40, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, -22.21, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 24.31, 204.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% -0.0714 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(11.4767, 15.6309, 22.1468)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28797E #7E2D28

analogous

#287E58 #28797E #284E7E

triadic

#28797E #7E2879 #797E28

tetradic

#28797E #58287E #7E2D28 #4E7E28

square

#28797E #58287E #7E2D28 #4E7E28

split-complementary

#28797E #7E284E #7E5828

monochromatic

#0B2021 #194C50 #28797E #37A6AC #57C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#28797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#28797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28797E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28797E	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70747E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa0a3',
    500: '#28797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28797e;
$custom-light: #6fa0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.488,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53024,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.15632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28797E

secondary

#AF5853

accent

#554DDB

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F3

border

#C8CCCD

text

#080E0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28797E

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

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