#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
RGBrgb(40, 174, 158)
HSLhsl(173, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(173, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.31, -38.35, -1.82)
CIE-LCHlch(64.31, 38.39, 182.71°)
OKLaboklab(67.84% -0.1121 -0.0055)
OKLCHoklch(67.84% 0.112 182.8)
XYZxyz(22.1797, 33.1891, 37.5783)
Luminance0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28AE9E1.002.757.647.64
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6421.001.001.00
##0000007.6421.001.001.00

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

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#28AE9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva