#28878E#28878E

#28878E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.086 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28878E
RGB	rgb(40, 135, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, -24.41, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 27.07, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% -0.0794 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.086 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4194, 19.7304, 28.6343)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28878E #8E2F28

analogous

#288E62 #28878E #28548E

triadic

#28878E #8E2887 #878E28

tetradic

#28878E #62288E #8E2F28 #548E28

square

#28878E #62288E #8E2F28 #548E28

split-complementary

#28878E #8E2854 #8E6228

monochromatic

#0D2C2F #1B5A5E #28878E #35B4BE #5FCAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#28878E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#28878E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28878E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28878E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28878E	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C818F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28878e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 135, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.086 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aaaf',
    500: '#28878e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28878e;
$custom-light: #72aaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28878e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.118,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57285,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28878E

secondary

#B7615B

accent

#5348DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28878E

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

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