#28AD9F#28AD9F

#28AD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AD9F
RGB	rgb(40, 173, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -37.62, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 37.72, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.1106 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.111 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0736, 32.8388, 37.9693)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AD9F #AD2836

analogous

#28AD5D #28AD9F #2879AD

triadic

#28AD9F #9F28AD #AD9F28

tetradic

#28AD9F #5D28AD #AD2836 #79AD28

square

#28AD9F #5D28AD #AD2836 #79AD28

split-complementary

#28AD9F #AD2879 #AD5D28

monochromatic

#114A44 #1D7B71 #28AD9F #3FD3C3 #71DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#28AD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#28AD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AD9F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AD9F	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ad9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 173, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c6bb',
    500: '#28ad9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ad9f;
$custom-light: #79c6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ad9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67617,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AD9F

secondary

#C56C75

accent

#4253E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AD9F

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

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