#28959D#28959D

#28959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.094 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28959D
RGB	rgb(40, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -26.79, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 29.74, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0873 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.094 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7056, 24.3782, 35.6641)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28959D #9D3028

analogous

#289D6A #28959D #285A9D

triadic

#28959D #9D2895 #959D28

tetradic

#28959D #6A289D #9D3028 #5A9D28

square

#28959D #6A289D #9D3028 #5A9D28

split-complementary

#28959D #9D285A #9D6A28

monochromatic

#0F383B #1C676C #28959D #36C2CC #67D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#28959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#28959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28959D

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28959D	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.094 202.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28959D

secondary

#BE6962

accent

#5045E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28959D

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

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