#28ACAE#28ACAE

#28ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28ACAE
RGB	rgb(40, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -32.79, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 34.57, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.1028 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.107 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2641, 33.0093, 45.1815)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28ACAE #AE2A28

analogous

#28AE6D #28ACAE #2869AE

triadic

#28ACAE #AE28AC #ACAE28

tetradic

#28ACAE #6D28AE #AE2A28 #69AE28

square

#28ACAE #6D28AE #AE2A28 #69AE28

split-complementary

#28ACAE #AE2869 #AE6D28

monochromatic

#114A4A #1D7B7C #28ACAE #40D1D3 #72DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#28ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#28ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28ACAE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28ACAE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac5c6',
    500: '#28acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28acae;
$custom-light: #7ac5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67878,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28ACAE

secondary

#C66D6C

accent

#4542E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28ACAE

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

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