#28A9A8#28A9A8

#28A9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.106 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9A8
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -33.16, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 34.43, 195.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.1025 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.106 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1276, 31.6515, 41.9813)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9A8 #A92829

analogous

#28A967 #28A9A8 #2869A9

triadic

#28A9A8 #A828A9 #A9A828

tetradic

#28A9A8 #6728A9 #A92829 #69A928

square

#28A9A8 #6728A9 #A92829 #69A928

split-complementary

#28A9A8 #A92869 #A96728

monochromatic

#114646 #1C7877 #28A9A8 #3DD1D0 #6FDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#28A9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#28A9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9A8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9A8	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.106 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3c1',
    500: '#28a9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9a8;
$custom-light: #79c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.535,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6691,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9A8

secondary

#C4696A

accent

#4344E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9A8

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

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