#28989B#28989B

#28989B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28989B
RGB	rgb(40, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -28.90, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 30.73, 199.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0912 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.096 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0170, 25.2720, 34.9324)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28989B #9B2B28

analogous

#289B64 #28989B #285E9B

triadic

#28989B #9B2898 #989B28

tetradic

#28989B #64289B #9B2B28 #5E9B28

square

#28989B #64289B #9B2B28 #5E9B28

split-complementary

#28989B #9B285E #9B6428

monochromatic

#0F393A #1B686A #28989B #35C7CB #66D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#28989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#28989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28989B

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28989B	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b8',
    500: '#28989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28989b;
$custom-light: #76b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.565,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62134,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28989B

secondary

#BD6461

accent

#4A46E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #28989B

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

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