#28959A#28959A

#28959A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.094 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28959A
RGB	rgb(40, 149, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -27.72, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 29.96, 202.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0886 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.094 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4526, 24.2770, 34.3317)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28959A #9A2D28

analogous

#289A66 #28959A #285C9A

triadic

#28959A #9A2895 #959A28

tetradic

#28959A #66289A #9A2D28 #5C9A28

square

#28959A #66289A #9A2D28 #5C9A28

split-complementary

#28959A #9A285C #9A6628

monochromatic

#0F3739 #1B6669 #28959A #35C4CA #65D2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#28959A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#28959A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28959A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28959A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28959A	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28959a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 149, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.094 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b7',
    500: '#28959a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28959a;
$custom-light: #75b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28959a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61333,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28959A

secondary

#BD6561

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28959A

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

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