#28A9A5#28A9A5

#28A9A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9A5
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -34.05, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 34.91, 192.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.1039 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.106 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8514, 31.5410, 40.5264)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9A5 #A9282C

analogous

#28A965 #28A9A5 #286CA9

triadic

#28A9A5 #A528A9 #A9A528

tetradic

#28A9A5 #6528A9 #A9282C #6CA928

square

#28A9A5 #6528A9 #A9282C #6CA928

split-complementary

#28A9A5 #A9286C #A96528

monochromatic

#114644 #1C7875 #28A9A5 #3DD1CD #6FDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#28A9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#28A9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9A5

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9A5	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3bf',
    500: '#28a9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9a5;
$custom-light: #79c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9A5

secondary

#C4696C

accent

#4348E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9A5

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

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