#28A4A6#28A4A6

#28A4A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.103 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A4A6
RGB	rgb(40, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -31.38, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 33.11, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0984 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.103 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0303, 29.7526, 40.7034)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A4A6 #A62A28

analogous

#28A669 #28A4A6 #2865A6

triadic

#28A4A6 #A628A4 #A4A628

tetradic

#28A4A6 #6928A6 #A62A28 #65A628

square

#28A4A6 #6928A6 #A62A28 #65A628

split-complementary

#28A4A6 #A62865 #A66928

monochromatic

#104343 #1C7375 #28A4A6 #3BCDD0 #6DDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#28A4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#28A4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A4A6

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A4A6	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.103 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfc0',
    500: '#28a4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a4a6;
$custom-light: #78bfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65579,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A4A6

secondary

#C26967

accent

#4644E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A4A6

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

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