#28A6A9#28A6A9

#28A6A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.104 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A6A9
RGB	rgb(40, 166, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -31.43, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 33.36, 199.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0991 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.104 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6695, 30.5855, 42.2899)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A6A9 #A92B28

analogous

#28A96B #28A6A9 #2865A9

triadic

#28A6A9 #A928A6 #A6A928

tetradic

#28A6A9 #6B28A9 #A92B28 #65A928

square

#28A6A9 #6B28A9 #A92B28 #65A928

split-complementary

#28A6A9 #A92865 #A96B28

monochromatic

#114546 #1C7578 #28A6A9 #3DCED1 #6FDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#28A6A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#28A6A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A6A9

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A6A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A6A9	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a6a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 166, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.104 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c1c2',
    500: '#28a6a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a6a9;
$custom-light: #79c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a6a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66192,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A6A9

secondary

#C46B69

accent

#4743E5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A6A9

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

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