#28A09C#28A09C

#28A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A09C
RGB	rgb(40, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -32.46, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 33.26, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0989 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4438, 27.9907, 35.8240)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A09C #A0282C

analogous

#28A060 #28A09C #2868A0

triadic

#28A09C #9C28A0 #A09C28

tetradic

#28A09C #6028A0 #A0282C #68A028

square

#28A09C #6028A0 #A0282C #68A028

split-complementary

#28A09C #A02868 #A06028

monochromatic

#103E3D #1C6F6C #28A09C #38CDC8 #69D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#28A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#28A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A09C

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A09C	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcb9',
    500: '#28a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a09c;
$custom-light: #77bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A09C

secondary

#C06467

accent

#454AE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A09C

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

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