#28AC99#28AC99

#28AC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AC99
RGB	rgb(40, 172, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -38.84, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 38.84, 180.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.1125 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.112 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3745, 32.2535, 35.2298)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AC99 #AC283B

analogous

#28AC57 #28AC99 #287DAC

triadic

#28AC99 #9928AC #AC9928

tetradic

#28AC99 #5728AC #AC283B #7DAC28

square

#28AC99 #5728AC #AC283B #7DAC28

split-complementary

#28AC99 #AC287D #AC5728

monochromatic

#114941 #1C7A6D #28AC99 #3FD2BD #71DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#28AC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#28AC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AC99

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AC99	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ac99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 172, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c5b7',
    500: '#28ac99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ac99;
$custom-light: #78c5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ac99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67171,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AC99

secondary

#C56B78

accent

#425AE5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AC99

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

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