#28978B#28978B

#28978B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.098 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28978B
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -33.15, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 33.25, 184.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0976 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.098 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5996, 24.4464, 28.2649)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28978B #972834

analogous

#289754 #28978B #286B97

triadic

#28978B #8B2897 #978B28

tetradic

#28978B #542897 #972834 #6B9728

square

#28978B #542897 #972834 #6B9728

split-complementary

#28978B #97286B #975428

monochromatic

#0E3632 #1B675E #28978B #35C7B8 #64D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#28978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#28978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28978B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28978B	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.098 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6ac',
    500: '#28978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28978b;
$custom-light: #74b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61315,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28978B

secondary

#BC5F69

accent

#4657E1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28978B

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

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