#28979A#28979A

#28979A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.095 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979A
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -28.71, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 30.54, 199.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0907 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.095 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7718, 24.9153, 34.4381)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979A #9A2B28

analogous

#289A64 #28979A #285E9A

triadic

#28979A #9A2897 #979A28

tetradic

#28979A #64289A #9A2B28 #5E9A28

square

#28979A #64289A #9A2B28 #5E9A28

split-complementary

#28979A #9A285E #9A6428

monochromatic

#0F3839 #1B6769 #28979A #35C7CA #65D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#28979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#28979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.095 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b7',
    500: '#28979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28979a;
$custom-light: #75b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979A

secondary

#BD6361

accent

#4A46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979A

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

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