#28A8AB#28A8AB

#28A8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.105 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8AB
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -31.78, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 33.72, 199.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.1002 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.105 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2250, 31.3939, 43.4085)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8AB #AB2B28

analogous

#28AB6D #28A8AB #2867AB

triadic

#28A8AB #AB28A8 #A8AB28

tetradic

#28A8AB #6D28AB #AB2B28 #67AB28

square

#28A8AB #6D28AB #AB2B28 #67AB28

split-complementary

#28A8AB #AB2867 #AB6D28

monochromatic

#114748 #1C7779 #28A8AB #3ECFD2 #70DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#28A8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#28A8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8AB

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8AB	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.105 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c2c4',
    500: '#28a8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8ab;
$custom-light: #79c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66767,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8AB

secondary

#C46C6A

accent

#4643E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8AB

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

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