#28AE8E#28AE8E

#28AE8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE8E
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -42.63, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 43.12, 171.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.1197 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.121 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8910, 32.6737, 30.7916)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE8E #AE2848

analogous

#28AE4B #28AE8E #288BAE

triadic

#28AE8E #8E28AE #AE8E28

tetradic

#28AE8E #4B28AE #AE2848 #8BAE28

square

#28AE8E #4B28AE #AE2848 #8BAE28

split-complementary

#28AE8E #AE288B #AE4B28

monochromatic

#114A3D #1D7C65 #28AE8E #40D3B0 #72DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#28AE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#28AE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE8E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE8E	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7af',
    500: '#28ae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae8e;
$custom-light: #78c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE8E

secondary

#C66C82

accent

#4269E6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE8E

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

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