#28AD9D#28AD9D

#28AD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.112 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AD9D
RGB	rgb(40, 173, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -38.18, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 38.22, 182.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.1116 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.112 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9015, 32.7699, 37.0627)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AD9D #AD2838

analogous

#28AD5B #28AD9D #287BAD

triadic

#28AD9D #9D28AD #AD9D28

tetradic

#28AD9D #5B28AD #AD2838 #7BAD28

square

#28AD9D #5B28AD #AD2838 #7BAD28

split-complementary

#28AD9D #AD287B #AD5B28

monochromatic

#114A43 #1D7B70 #28AD9D #3FD3C1 #71DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#28AD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#28AD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AD9D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AD9D	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)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ad9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 173, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.112 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c6b9',
    500: '#28ad9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ad9d;
$custom-light: #79c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ad9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67553,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AD9D

secondary

#C56C76

accent

#4256E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AD9D

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

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