#28A9AB#28A9AB

#28A9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9AB
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -32.26, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 34.02, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.1012 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.106 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4104, 31.7646, 43.4702)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9AB #AB2A28

analogous

#28AB6C #28A9AB #2868AB

triadic

#28A9AB #AB28A9 #A9AB28

tetradic

#28A9AB #6C28AB #AB2A28 #68AB28

square

#28A9AB #6C28AB #AB2A28 #68AB28

split-complementary

#28A9AB #AB2868 #AB6C28

monochromatic

#114748 #1C7879 #28A9AB #3ED0D2 #70DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#28A9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#28A9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9AB

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9AB	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c4',
    500: '#28a9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9ab;
$custom-light: #7ac3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9AB

secondary

#C46C6A

accent

#4543E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9AB

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

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