#28A09E#28A09E

#28A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A09E
RGB	rgb(40, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -31.86, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 32.92, 194.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.098 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6146, 28.0590, 36.7233)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A09E #A0282A

analogous

#28A062 #28A09E #2866A0

triadic

#28A09E #9E28A0 #A09E28

tetradic

#28A09E #6228A0 #A0282A #66A028

square

#28A09E #6228A0 #A0282A #66A028

split-complementary

#28A09E #A02866 #A06228

monochromatic

#103E3D #1C6F6E #28A09E #38CDCB #69D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#28A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#28A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A09E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A09E	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)

#96989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcba',
    500: '#28a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a09e;
$custom-light: #77bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A09E

secondary

#C06466

accent

#4547E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A09E

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

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