#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
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -32.09, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 33.84, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.1006 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.105 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1301, 31.3559, 42.9084)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##28A8AA	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #28A8AA

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

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