#28A5A5#28A5A5

#28A5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5A5
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -32.16, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 33.55, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0999 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.103 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1186, 30.0754, 40.2821)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5A5 #A52828

analogous

#28A566 #28A5A5 #2866A5

triadic

#28A5A5 #A528A5 #A5A528

tetradic

#28A5A5 #6628A5 #A52828 #66A528

square

#28A5A5 #6628A5 #A52828 #66A528

split-complementary

#28A5A5 #A52866 #A56628

monochromatic

#104242 #1C7474 #28A5A5 #3BCFCF #6CDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#28A5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#28A5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5A5

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5A5	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0bf',
    500: '#28a5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5a5;
$custom-light: #78c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5A5

secondary

#C26767

accent

#4444E4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5A5

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

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