#28AD9E#28AD9E

#28AD9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AD9E
RGB	rgb(40, 173, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -37.90, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 37.97, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.1111 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.111 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9872, 32.8042, 37.5141)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AD9E #AD2837

analogous

#28AD5C #28AD9E #287AAD

triadic

#28AD9E #9E28AD #AD9E28

tetradic

#28AD9E #5C28AD #AD2837 #7AAD28

square

#28AD9E #5C28AD #AD2837 #7AAD28

split-complementary

#28AD9E #AD287A #AD5C28

monochromatic

#114A43 #1D7B71 #28AD9E #3FD3C2 #71DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#28AD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#28AD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AD9E

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AD9E	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92969F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ad9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 173, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c6ba',
    500: '#28ad9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ad9e;
$custom-light: #79c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ad9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67585,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AD9E

secondary

#C56C76

accent

#4255E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AD9E

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

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