#28838D#28838D

#28838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.084 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28838D
RGB	rgb(40, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, -22.66, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 26.18, 210.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% -0.0756 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.084 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7970, 18.6052, 28.0582)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28838D #8D3228

analogous

#288D65 #28838D #28508D

triadic

#28838D #8D2883 #838D28

tetradic

#28838D #65288D #8D3228 #508D28

square

#28838D #65288D #8D3228 #508D28

split-complementary

#28838D #8D2850 #8D6528

monochromatic

#0D2A2E #1A575D #28838D #36AFBD #5EC6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#28838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#28838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28838D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28838D	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.084 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a7ae',
    500: '#28838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28838d;
$custom-light: #71a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56216,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28838D

secondary

#B7635A

accent

#5849DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28838D

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

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