#28A5AB#28A5AB

#28A5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5AB
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -30.34, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 32.87, 202.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0972 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6776, 30.2990, 43.2260)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5AB #AB2E28

analogous

#28AB70 #28A5AB #2864AB

triadic

#28A5AB #AB28A5 #A5AB28

tetradic

#28A5AB #7028AB #AB2E28 #64AB28

square

#28A5AB #7028AB #AB2E28 #64AB28

split-complementary

#28A5AB #AB2864 #AB7028

monochromatic

#114548 #1C7579 #28A5AB #3ECBD2 #70D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#28A5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#28A5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5AB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5AB	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c0c4',
    500: '#28a5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5ab;
$custom-light: #79c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66015,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5AB

secondary

#C46F6A

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5AB

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

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