#28959E#28959E

#28959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28959E
RGB	rgb(40, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -26.48, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 29.69, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0868 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.095 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7913, 24.4125, 36.1155)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28959E #9E3128

analogous

#289E6C #28959E #285A9E

triadic

#28959E #9E2895 #959E28

tetradic

#28959E #6C289E #9E3128 #5A9E28

square

#28959E #6C289E #9E3128 #5A9E28

split-complementary

#28959E #9E285A #9E6C28

monochromatic

#0F393C #1C676D #28959E #37C1CC #68D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#28959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#28959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28959E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28959E	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)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4ba',
    500: '#28959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28959e;
$custom-light: #76b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61486,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28959E

secondary

#BF6A63

accent

#5145E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28959E

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

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