#28AE86#28AE86

#28AE86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE86
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -44.63, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 45.88, 166.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.1236 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.127 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3118, 32.4420, 27.7411)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE86 #AE2850

analogous

#28AE43 #28AE86 #2893AE

triadic

#28AE86 #8628AE #AE8628

tetradic

#28AE86 #4328AE #AE2850 #93AE28

square

#28AE86 #4328AE #AE2850 #93AE28

split-complementary

#28AE86 #AE2893 #AE4328

monochromatic

#114A39 #1D7C60 #28AE86 #40D3A7 #72DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#28AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#28AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE86

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE86	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7a9',
    500: '#28ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae86;
$custom-light: #78c7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.09,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67141,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE86

secondary

#C66C87

accent

#4273E6

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE86

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

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