#28AE85#28AE85

#28AE85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE85
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 133)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 23.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -44.87, 11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 46.24, 166.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.1241 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.127 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2424, 32.4142, 27.3755)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE85 #AE2851

analogous

#28AE42 #28AE85 #2894AE

triadic

#28AE85 #8528AE #AE8528

tetradic

#28AE85 #4228AE #AE2851 #94AE28

square

#28AE85 #4228AE #AE2851 #94AE28

split-complementary

#28AE85 #AE2894 #AE4228

monochromatic

#114A39 #1D7C5F #28AE85 #40D3A6 #72DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#28AE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#28AE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE85

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE85	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7a8',
    500: '#28ae85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae85;
$custom-light: #78c7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.642,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67115,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE85

secondary

#C66C88

accent

#4274E6

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE85

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

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