#28AD9C#28AD9C

#28AD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AD9C
RGB	rgb(40, 173, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -38.46, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 38.48, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.112 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.112 182)
XYZ	xyz(21.8164, 32.7359, 36.6149)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AD9C #AD2839

analogous

#28AD5A #28AD9C #287CAD

triadic

#28AD9C #9C28AD #AD9C28

tetradic

#28AD9C #5A28AD #AD2839 #7CAD28

square

#28AD9C #5A28AD #AD2839 #7CAD28

split-complementary

#28AD9C #AD287C #AD5A28

monochromatic

#114A42 #1D7B6F #28AD9C #3FD3C0 #71DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#28AD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#28AD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AD9C

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AD9C	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ad9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 173, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c6b9',
    500: '#28ad9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ad9c;
$custom-light: #79c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ad9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67521,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.32739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AD9C

secondary

#C56C77

accent

#4257E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AD9C

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

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