#28A5AA#28A5AA

#28A5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5AA
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -30.64, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 32.96, 201.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0977 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.103 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5826, 30.2610, 42.7259)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5AA #AA2D28

analogous

#28AA6E #28A5AA #2864AA

triadic

#28A5AA #AA28A5 #A5AA28

tetradic

#28A5AA #6E28AA #AA2D28 #64AA28

square

#28A5AA #6E28AA #AA2D28 #64AA28

split-complementary

#28A5AA #AA2864 #AA6E28

monochromatic

#114547 #1C7578 #28A5AA #3ECCD2 #6FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#28A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#28A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5AA

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5AA	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)

#999DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c3',
    500: '#28a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5aa;
$custom-light: #79c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65977,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5AA

secondary

#C46D6A

accent

#4943E5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5AA

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

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