#28A2AE#28A2AE

#28A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A2AE
RGB	rgb(40, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -27.93, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 31.99, 209.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0929 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.103 205)
XYZ	xyz(21.4320, 29.3451, 44.5708)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A2AE #AE3428

analogous

#28AE77 #28A2AE #285FAE

triadic

#28A2AE #AE28A2 #A2AE28

tetradic

#28A2AE #7728AE #AE3428 #5FAE28

square

#28A2AE #7728AE #AE3428 #5FAE28

split-complementary

#28A2AE #AE285F #AE7728

monochromatic

#11454A #1D747C #28A2AE #40C6D3 #72D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#28A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#28A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A2AE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A2AE	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bec6',
    500: '#28a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a2ae;
$custom-light: #79bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.29348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A2AE

secondary

#C6746C

accent

#5142E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A2AE

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

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