#28898B#28898B

#28898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28898B
RGB	rgb(40, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -26.36, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 27.90, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0828 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.087 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4788, 20.2048, 27.5579)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28898B #8B2A28

analogous

#288B5B #28898B #28588B

triadic

#28898B #8B2889 #898B28

tetradic

#28898B #5B288B #8B2A28 #588B28

square

#28898B #5B288B #8B2A28 #588B28

split-complementary

#28898B #8B2858 #8B5B28

monochromatic

#0D2B2C #1A5A5B #28898B #36B8BB #5DCED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#28898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#28898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28898B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28898B	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acac',
    500: '#28898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28898b;
$custom-light: #72acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.212,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28898B

secondary

#B65B59

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28898B

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

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