#28AE9C#28AE9C

#28AE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE9C
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -38.91, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 38.91, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.113 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.113 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0089, 33.1208, 36.6790)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE9C #AE283A

analogous

#28AE59 #28AE9C #287DAE

triadic

#28AE9C #9C28AE #AE9C28

tetradic

#28AE9C #5928AE #AE283A #7DAE28

square

#28AE9C #5928AE #AE283A #7DAE28

split-complementary

#28AE9C #AE287D #AE5928

monochromatic

#114A43 #1D7C6F #28AE9C #40D3BF #72DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#28AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#28AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE9C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE9C	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7b9',
    500: '#28ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae9c;
$custom-light: #79c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE9C

secondary

#C66C78

accent

#4258E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE9C

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

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