#28AE9E#28AE9E

#28AE9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.112 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE9E
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -38.35, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 38.39, 182.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.1121 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.112 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1797, 33.1891, 37.5783)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE9E #AE2838

analogous

#28AE5B #28AE9E #287BAE

triadic

#28AE9E #9E28AE #AE9E28

tetradic

#28AE9E #5B28AE #AE2838 #7BAE28

square

#28AE9E #5B28AE #AE2838 #7BAE28

split-complementary

#28AE9E #AE287B #AE5B28

monochromatic

#114A44 #1D7C71 #28AE9E #40D3C2 #72DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#28AE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#28AE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE9E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE9E	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9496A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.112 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7ba',
    500: '#28ae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae9e;
$custom-light: #79c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE9E

secondary

#C66C77

accent

#4256E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE9E

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

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