#28AE9D#28AE9D

#28AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE9D
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -38.63, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 38.65, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.1126 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.113 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0939, 33.1548, 37.1268)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE9D #AE2839

analogous

#28AE5A #28AE9D #287CAE

triadic

#28AE9D #9D28AE #AE9D28

tetradic

#28AE9D #5A28AE #AE2839 #7CAE28

square

#28AE9D #5A28AE #AE2839 #7CAE28

split-complementary

#28AE9D #AE287C #AE5A28

monochromatic

#114A43 #1D7C70 #28AE9D #40D3C0 #72DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#28AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#28AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE9D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE9D	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7b9',
    500: '#28ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae9d;
$custom-light: #79c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.388,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67807,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE9D

secondary

#C66C78

accent

#4257E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE9D

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

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