#28AC9A#28AC9A

#28AC9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AC9A
RGB	rgb(40, 172, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -38.56, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 38.57, 180.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.112 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.112 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4574, 32.2866, 35.6666)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AC9A #AC283A

analogous

#28AC58 #28AC9A #287CAC

triadic

#28AC9A #9A28AC #AC9A28

tetradic

#28AC9A #5828AC #AC283A #7CAC28

square

#28AC9A #5828AC #AC283A #7CAC28

split-complementary

#28AC9A #AC287C #AC5828

monochromatic

#114941 #1C7A6E #28AC9A #3FD2BE #71DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#28AC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#28AC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AC9A

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AC9A	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ac9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 172, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c5b7',
    500: '#28ac9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ac9a;
$custom-light: #79c5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ac9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67203,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AC9A

secondary

#C56B77

accent

#4259E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AC9A

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

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