#28A09D#28A09D

#28A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A09D
RGB	rgb(40, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -32.16, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 33.08, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0985 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5289, 28.0247, 36.2718)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A09D #A0282B

analogous

#28A061 #28A09D #2867A0

triadic

#28A09D #9D28A0 #A09D28

tetradic

#28A09D #6128A0 #A0282B #67A028

square

#28A09D #6128A0 #A0282B #67A028

split-complementary

#28A09D #A02867 #A06128

monochromatic

#103E3D #1C6F6D #28A09D #38CDCA #69D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#28A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#28A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A09D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A09D	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcb9',
    500: '#28a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a09d;
$custom-light: #77bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64243,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A09D

secondary

#C06466

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A09D

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

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