#28979E#28979E

#28979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.095 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979E
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -27.48, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 30.19, 204.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0889 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.095 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1105, 25.0508, 36.2219)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979E #9E2F28

analogous

#289E6A #28979E #285C9E

triadic

#28979E #9E2897 #979E28

tetradic

#28979E #6A289E #9E2F28 #5C9E28

square

#28979E #6A289E #9E2F28 #5C9E28

split-complementary

#28979E #9E285C #9E6A28

monochromatic

#0F3A3C #1C686D #28979E #37C3CC #68D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#28979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#28979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.095 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6ba',
    500: '#28979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28979e;
$custom-light: #76b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61993,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979E

secondary

#BF6863

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979E

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

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