#28A9AE#28A9AE

#28A9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9AE
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -31.35, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 33.69, 201.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0999 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.106 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6995, 31.8802, 44.9933)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9AE #AE2D28

analogous

#28AE70 #28A9AE #2866AE

triadic

#28A9AE #AE28A9 #A9AE28

tetradic

#28A9AE #7028AE #AE2D28 #66AE28

square

#28A9AE #7028AE #AE2D28 #66AE28

split-complementary

#28A9AE #AE2866 #AE7028

monochromatic

#11484A #1D797C #28A9AE #40CED3 #72DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#28A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#28A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9AE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9AE	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac3c6',
    500: '#28a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9ae;
$custom-light: #7ac3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67128,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9AE

secondary

#C66F6C

accent

#4842E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9AE

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

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