#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
RGBrgb(40, 174, 156)
HSLhsl(172, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(172, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.26, -38.91, -0.78)
CIE-LCHlch(64.26, 38.91, 181.15°)
OKLaboklab(67.78% -0.113 -0.0027)
OKLCHoklch(67.78% 0.113 181.4)
XYZxyz(22.0089, 33.1208, 36.6790)
Luminance0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##28AE9C1.002.757.627.62
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6221.001.001.00
##0000007.6221.001.001.00

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

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#28AE9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva