#28979D#28979D

#28979D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.095 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979D
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -27.79, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 30.26, 203.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0893 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.095 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0248, 25.0165, 35.7704)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979D #9D2E28

analogous

#289D68 #28979D #285C9D

triadic

#28979D #9D2897 #979D28

tetradic

#28979D #68289D #9D2E28 #5C9D28

square

#28979D #68289D #9D2E28 #5C9D28

split-complementary

#28979D #9D285C #9D6828

monochromatic

#0F393B #1C686C #28979D #36C4CC #67D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#28979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#28979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979D

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979D	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)

#8B909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.095 200.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61955,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979D

secondary

#BE6762

accent

#4D45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979D

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

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