#28A8AD#28A8AD

#28A8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8AD
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -31.18, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 33.51, 201.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0993 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(22.4171, 31.4707, 44.4200)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8AD #AD2D28

analogous

#28AD70 #28A8AD #2865AD

triadic

#28A8AD #AD28A8 #A8AD28

tetradic

#28A8AD #7028AD #AD2D28 #65AD28

square

#28A8AD #7028AD #AD2D28 #65AD28

split-complementary

#28A8AD #AD2865 #AD7028

monochromatic

#11474A #1D787B #28A8AD #3FCDD3 #71DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#28A8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#28A8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8AD

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8AD	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)

#9BA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c5',
    500: '#28a8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8ad;
$custom-light: #7ac2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.31474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8AD

secondary

#C56F6C

accent

#4842E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8AD

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

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