#28979C#28979C

#28979C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.095 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979C
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -28.10, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 30.34, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0898 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.095 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9397, 24.9825, 35.3227)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979C #9C2D28

analogous

#289C67 #28979C #285D9C

triadic

#28979C #9C2897 #979C28

tetradic

#28979C #67289C #9C2D28 #5D9C28

square

#28979C #67289C #9C2D28 #5D9C28

split-complementary

#28979C #9C285D #9C6728

monochromatic

#0F393B #1C686B #28979C #36C5CB #67D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#28979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#28979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979C	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.095 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6b9',
    500: '#28979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28979c;
$custom-light: #76b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61917,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979C

secondary

#BE6662

accent

#4C45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979C

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

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