#28979F#28979F

#28979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28979F
RGB	rgb(40, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -27.16, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 30.12, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0884 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.096 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1969, 25.0853, 36.6771)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28979F #9F3028

analogous

#289F6C #28979F #285C9F

triadic

#28979F #9F2897 #979F28

tetradic

#28979F #6C289F #9F3028 #5C9F28

square

#28979F #6C289F #9F3028 #5C9F28

split-complementary

#28979F #9F285C #9F6C28

monochromatic

#0F3A3D #1C696E #28979F #37C3CD #68D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#28979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#28979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28979F

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28979F	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b6bb',
    500: '#28979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28979f;
$custom-light: #76b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28979F

secondary

#BF6A64

accent

#4F45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28979F

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

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