#28AC9F#28AC9F

#28AC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AC9F
RGB	rgb(40, 172, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -37.17, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 37.31, 185.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.1096 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.11 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8826, 32.4567, 37.9056)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AC9F #AC2835

analogous

#28AC5D #28AC9F #2877AC

triadic

#28AC9F #9F28AC #AC9F28

tetradic

#28AC9F #5D28AC #AC2835 #77AC28

square

#28AC9F #5D28AC #AC2835 #77AC28

split-complementary

#28AC9F #AC2877 #AC5D28

monochromatic

#114943 #1C7A71 #28AC9F #3FD2C4 #71DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#28AC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#28AC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AC9F

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AC9F	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ac9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 172, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c5bb',
    500: '#28ac9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ac9f;
$custom-light: #79c5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ac9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67363,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AC9F

secondary

#C56B74

accent

#4253E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AC9F

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

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