#28979B#28979B

#28979B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.095 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979B
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -28.40, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 30.44, 201.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0902 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.095 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8554, 24.9487, 34.8785)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979B #9B2C28

analogous

#289B65 #28979B #285D9B

triadic

#28979B #9B2897 #979B28

tetradic

#28979B #65289B #9B2C28 #5D9B28

square

#28979B #65289B #9B2C28 #5D9B28

split-complementary

#28979B #9B285D #9B6528

monochromatic

#0F383A #1B686A #28979B #35C6CB #66D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#28979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#28979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979B

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979B	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.095 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b8',
    500: '#28979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28979b;
$custom-light: #75b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6188,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979B

secondary

#BD6561

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979B

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

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