#28A596#28A596

#28A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A596
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -36.51, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 36.56, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.1068 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.107 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8325, 29.5610, 33.5088)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A596 #A52837

analogous

#28A557 #28A596 #2875A5

triadic

#28A596 #9628A5 #A59628

tetradic

#28A596 #5728A5 #A52837 #75A528

square

#28A596 #5728A5 #A52837 #75A528

split-complementary

#28A596 #A52875 #A55728

monochromatic

#10423C #1C7469 #28A596 #3BCFBE #6CDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#28A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#28A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A596

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A596	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c0b4',
    500: '#28a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a596;
$custom-light: #77c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A596

secondary

#C26772

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A596

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

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