#28AE9F#28AE9F

#28AE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE9F
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -38.07, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 38.14, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.1116 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.112 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2661, 33.2237, 38.0335)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE9F #AE2837

analogous

#28AE5C #28AE9F #287AAE

triadic

#28AE9F #9F28AE #AE9F28

tetradic

#28AE9F #5C28AE #AE2837 #7AAE28

square

#28AE9F #5C28AE #AE2837 #7AAE28

split-complementary

#28AE9F #AE287A #AE5C28

monochromatic

#114A44 #1D7C72 #28AE9F #40D3C3 #72DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#28AE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#28AE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE9F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE9F	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9396A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7bb',
    500: '#28ae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae9f;
$custom-light: #79c7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE9F

secondary

#C66C76

accent

#4254E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE9F

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

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