#28A8AA#28A8AA

#28A8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28A8AA
RGBrgb(40, 168, 170)
HSLhsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(181, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(76.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.81, -32.09, -10.76)
CIE-LCHlch(62.81, 33.84, 198.53°)
OKLaboklab(66.73% -0.1006 -0.0299)
OKLCHoklch(66.73% 0.105 196.5)
XYZxyz(22.1301, 31.3559, 42.9084)
Luminance0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28A8AA #AA2A28
analogous
#28AA6B #28A8AA #2867AA
triadic
#28A8AA #AA28A8 #A8AA28
tetradic
#28A8AA #6B28AA #AA2A28 #67AA28
square
#28A8AA #6B28AA #AA2A28 #67AA28
split-complementary
#28A8AA #AA2867 #AA6B28
monochromatic
#114647 #1C7778 #28A8AA #3ECFD2 #6FDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#28A8AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27
#28A8AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8AA
7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28A8AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28A8AA1.002.897.277.27
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2721.001.001.00
##0000007.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA0AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A92AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 196.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2c3',
    500: '#28a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28a8aa;
$custom-light: #79c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66731,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28A8AA
secondary
#C46B6A
accent
#4543E5
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF8F7
border
#CAD1D0
text
#0B1212
muted
#7C8181

Preview Lab

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#28A8AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva