#28A9A4#28A9A4

#28A9A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9A4
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -34.34, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 35.09, 191.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.1043 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.106 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7607, 31.5047, 40.0489)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9A4 #A9282D

analogous

#28A963 #28A9A4 #286DA9

triadic

#28A9A4 #A428A9 #A9A428

tetradic

#28A9A4 #6328A9 #A9282D #6DA928

square

#28A9A4 #6328A9 #A9282D #6DA928

split-complementary

#28A9A4 #A9286D #A96328

monochromatic

#114644 #1C7874 #28A9A4 #3DD1CB #6FDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#28A9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#28A9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9A4

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9A4	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)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3be',
    500: '#28a9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9a4;
$custom-light: #79c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.674,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6677,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9A4

secondary

#C4696D

accent

#4349E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9A4

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

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