#28878B#28878B

#28878B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.085 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28878B
RGB	rgb(40, 135, 139)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -25.35, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 27.29, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0807 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.085 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1972, 19.6415, 27.4640)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28878B #8B2C28

analogous

#288B5D #28878B #28568B

triadic

#28878B #8B2887 #878B28

tetradic

#28878B #5D288B #8B2C28 #568B28

square

#28878B #5D288B #8B2C28 #568B28

split-complementary

#28878B #8B2856 #8B5D28

monochromatic

#0D2B2C #1A595B #28878B #36B5BB #5DCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#28878B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#28878B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28878B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28878B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28878B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28878b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 135, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.085 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aaac',
    500: '#28878b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28878b;
$custom-light: #72aaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28878b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.424,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5717,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28878B

secondary

#B65D59

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28878B

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

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