#28838E#28838E

#28838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.084 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28838E
RGB	rgb(40, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, -22.34, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 26.17, 211.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% -0.0751 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.084 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8717, 18.6351, 28.4518)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28838E #8E3328

analogous

#288E66 #28838E #28508E

triadic

#28838E #8E2883 #838E28

tetradic

#28838E #66288E #8E3328 #508E28

square

#28838E #66288E #8E3328 #508E28

split-complementary

#28838E #8E2850 #8E6628

monochromatic

#0D2B2F #1B575E #28838E #35AFBE #5FC5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#28838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#28838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28838E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28838E	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.084 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a7af',
    500: '#28838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28838e;
$custom-light: #72a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56256,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28838E

secondary

#B7655B

accent

#5948DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28838E

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

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