#28A9A6#28A9A6

#28A9A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28A9A6
RGBrgb(40, 169, 166)
HSLhsl(179, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(179, 76%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(76.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.99, -33.75, -8.24)
CIE-LCHlch(62.99, 34.75, 193.72°)
OKLaboklab(66.84% -0.1034 -0.023)
OKLCHoklch(66.84% 0.106 192.5)
XYZxyz(21.9428, 31.5775, 41.0076)
Luminance0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28A9A6 #A9282B
analogous
#28A965 #28A9A6 #286BA9
triadic
#28A9A6 #A628A9 #A9A628
tetradic
#28A9A6 #6528A9 #A9282B #6BA928
square
#28A9A6 #6528A9 #A9282B #6BA928
split-complementary
#28A9A6 #A9286B #A96528
monochromatic
#114645 #1C7875 #28A9A6 #3DD1CE #6FDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#28A9A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32
#28A9A6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9A6
7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28A9A6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28A9A61.002.877.327.32
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3221.001.001.00
##0000007.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EA0A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C93A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28a9a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 192.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3c0',
    500: '#28a9a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28a9a6;
$custom-light: #79c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28a9a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28A9A6
secondary
#C4696B
accent
#4347E5
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF8F7
border
#CAD1D0
text
#0B1212
muted
#7C8181

Preview Lab

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#28A9A6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva