#28A9A9#28A9A9

#28A9A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.106 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9A9
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 169)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 0%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -32.86, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 34.29, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.1021 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.106 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2212, 31.6889, 42.4738)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9A9 #A92828

analogous

#28A968 #28A9A9 #2868A9

triadic

#28A9A9 #A928A9 #A9A928

tetradic

#28A9A9 #6828A9 #A92828 #68A928

square

#28A9A9 #6828A9 #A92828 #68A928

split-complementary

#28A9A9 #A92868 #A96828

monochromatic

#114646 #1C7878 #28A9A9 #3DD1D1 #6FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#28A9A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#28A9A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9A9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9A9	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.106 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c3c2',
    500: '#28a9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9a9;
$custom-light: #79c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66946,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9A9

secondary

#C46969

accent

#4343E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9A9

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

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