#28AE96#28AE96

#28AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE96
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -40.54, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 40.60, 176.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.1159 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.116 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5133, 32.9226, 34.0691)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE96 #AE2840

analogous

#28AE53 #28AE96 #2883AE

triadic

#28AE96 #9628AE #AE9628

tetradic

#28AE96 #5328AE #AE2840 #83AE28

square

#28AE96 #5328AE #AE2840 #83AE28

split-complementary

#28AE96 #AE2883 #AE5328

monochromatic

#114A40 #1D7C6B #28AE96 #40D3B9 #72DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#28AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#28AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE96

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE96	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7b4',
    500: '#28ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae96;
$custom-light: #79c7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67591,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE96

secondary

#C66C7C

accent

#425FE6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE96

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

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