#28909B#28909B

#28909B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28909B
RGB	rgb(40, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -24.89, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 28.69, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.083 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.092 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7621, 22.7622, 34.5141)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28909B #9B3328

analogous

#289B6C #28909B #28569B

triadic

#28909B #9B2890 #909B28

tetradic

#28909B #6C289B #9B3328 #569B28

square

#28909B #6C289B #9B3328 #569B28

split-complementary

#28909B #9B2856 #9B6C28

monochromatic

#0F363A #1B636A #28909B #35BDCB #66CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#28909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#28909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28909B

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28909B	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b1b8',
    500: '#28909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28909b;
$custom-light: #75b1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60099,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28909B

secondary

#BD6A61

accent

#5546E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #28909B

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

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