#28838F#28838F

#28838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.084 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28838F
RGB	rgb(40, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, -22.02, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 26.18, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% -0.0747 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.084 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9472, 18.6653, 28.8490)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28838F #8F3428

analogous

#288F67 #28838F #284F8F

triadic

#28838F #8F2883 #838F28

tetradic

#28838F #67288F #8F3428 #4F8F28

square

#28838F #67288F #8F3428 #4F8F28

split-complementary

#28838F #8F284F #8F6728

monochromatic

#0D2B2F #1B575F #28838F #35AFBF #5FC5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#28838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#28838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28838F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28838F	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)

#777E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.084 207.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.99,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56297,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28838F

secondary

#B8665B

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28838F

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

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