#28959C#28959C

#28959C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.094 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28959C
RGB	rgb(40, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -27.10, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 29.81, 204.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0877 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.094 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6206, 24.3442, 35.2163)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28959C #9C2F28

analogous

#289C69 #28959C #285B9C

triadic

#28959C #9C2895 #959C28

tetradic

#28959C #69289C #9C2F28 #5B9C28

square

#28959C #69289C #9C2F28 #5B9C28

split-complementary

#28959C #9C285B #9C6928

monochromatic

#0F383B #1C666B #28959C #36C2CB #67D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#28959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#28959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28959C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28959C	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.094 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b9',
    500: '#28959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28959c;
$custom-light: #75b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.621,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61409,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28959C

secondary

#BE6762

accent

#4F45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28959C

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

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