#28A0AE#28A0AE

#28A0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.102 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A0AE
RGB	rgb(40, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -26.94, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 31.60, 211.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.091 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.102 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0825, 28.6461, 44.4543)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A0AE #AE3628

analogous

#28AE79 #28A0AE #285DAE

triadic

#28A0AE #AE28A0 #A0AE28

tetradic

#28A0AE #7928AE #AE3628 #5DAE28

square

#28A0AE #7928AE #AE3628 #5DAE28

split-complementary

#28A0AE #AE285D #AE7928

monochromatic

#11444A #1D727C #28A0AE #40C4D3 #72D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#28A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#28A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A0AE

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A0AE	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.102 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcc6',
    500: '#28a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a0ae;
$custom-light: #79bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6488,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A0AE

secondary

#C6766C

accent

#5342E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A0AE

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

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