#28A8A9#28A8A9

#28A8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8A9
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -32.39, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 33.97, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.1011 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.105 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0358, 31.3182, 42.4121)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8A9 #A92928

analogous

#28A969 #28A8A9 #2867A9

triadic

#28A8A9 #A928A8 #A8A928

tetradic

#28A8A9 #6928A9 #A92928 #67A928

square

#28A8A9 #6928A9 #A92928 #67A928

split-complementary

#28A8A9 #A92867 #A96928

monochromatic

#114646 #1C7778 #28A8A9 #3DD0D1 #6FDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#28A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#28A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8A9

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8A9	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2c2',
    500: '#28a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8a9;
$custom-light: #79c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.465,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66695,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8A9

secondary

#C46A69

accent

#4443E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8A9

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

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