#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
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -33.75, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 34.75, 193.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.1034 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.106 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9428, 31.5775, 41.0076)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28A9A6	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #28A9A6

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

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