#28A8AE#28A8AE

#28A8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8AE
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -30.87, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 33.42, 202.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0989 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.105 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5142, 31.5096, 44.9316)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8AE #AE2E28

analogous

#28AE71 #28A8AE #2865AE

triadic

#28A8AE #AE28A8 #A8AE28

tetradic

#28A8AE #7128AE #AE2E28 #65AE28

square

#28A8AE #7128AE #AE2E28 #65AE28

split-complementary

#28A8AE #AE2865 #AE7128

monochromatic

#11484A #1D787C #28A8AE #40CDD3 #72DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#28A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#28A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8AE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8AE	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2c6',
    500: '#28a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8ae;
$custom-light: #7ac2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66878,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8AE

secondary

#C6706C

accent

#4942E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8AE

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

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