#28A5A8#28A5A8

#28A5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5A8
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -31.25, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 33.17, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0985 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3949, 30.1859, 41.7371)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5A8 #A82B28

analogous

#28A86B #28A5A8 #2865A8

triadic

#28A5A8 #A828A5 #A5A828

tetradic

#28A5A8 #6B28A8 #A82B28 #65A828

square

#28A5A8 #6B28A8 #A82B28 #65A828

split-complementary

#28A5A8 #A82865 #A86B28

monochromatic

#104445 #1C7477 #28A5A8 #3DCDD1 #6EDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#28A5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#28A5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5A8

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5A8	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c1',
    500: '#28a5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5a8;
$custom-light: #79c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5A8

secondary

#C36B69

accent

#4743E5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5A8

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

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