#28A5A9#28A5A9

#28A5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5A9
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -30.95, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 33.06, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0981 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4884, 30.2233, 42.2296)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5A9 #A92C28

analogous

#28A96C #28A5A9 #2865A9

triadic

#28A5A9 #A928A5 #A5A928

tetradic

#28A5A9 #6C28A9 #A92C28 #65A928

square

#28A5A9 #6C28A9 #A92C28 #65A928

split-complementary

#28A5A9 #A92865 #A96C28

monochromatic

#114446 #1C7578 #28A5A9 #3DCDD1 #6FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#28A5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#28A5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5A9

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5A9	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c2',
    500: '#28a5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5a9;
$custom-light: #79c0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.86,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6594,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5A9

secondary

#C46C69

accent

#4843E5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5A9

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

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