#28A8AC#28A8AC

#28A8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8AC
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -31.48, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 33.61, 200.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0998 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3207, 31.4322, 43.9123)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8AC #AC2C28

analogous

#28AC6E #28A8AC #2866AC

triadic

#28A8AC #AC28A8 #A8AC28

tetradic

#28A8AC #6E28AC #AC2C28 #66AC28

square

#28A8AC #6E28AC #AC2C28 #66AC28

split-complementary

#28A8AC #AC2866 #AC6E28

monochromatic

#114749 #1C787A #28A8AC #3FCED2 #71DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#28A8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#28A8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8AC

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8AC	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c4',
    500: '#28a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8ac;
$custom-light: #7ac2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66804,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8AC

secondary

#C56E6B

accent

#4742E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8AC

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

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