#28898E#28898E

#28898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.087 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28898E
RGB	rgb(40, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -25.43, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 27.61, 202.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0815 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.087 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7010, 20.2937, 28.7282)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28898E #8E2D28

analogous

#288E60 #28898E #28568E

triadic

#28898E #8E2889 #898E28

tetradic

#28898E #60288E #8E2D28 #568E28

square

#28898E #60288E #8E2D28 #568E28

split-complementary

#28898E #8E2856 #8E6028

monochromatic

#0D2D2F #1B5B5E #28898E #35B7BE #5FCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#28898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#28898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28898E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28898E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.087 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acaf',
    500: '#28898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28898e;
$custom-light: #72acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.941,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57801,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28898E

secondary

#B75F5B

accent

#5048DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28898E

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

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