#28AEA6#28AEA6

#28AEA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AEA6
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -36.08, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 36.57, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.1084 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.11 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8908, 33.4736, 41.3236)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AEA6 #AE2830

analogous

#28AE63 #28AEA6 #2873AE

triadic

#28AEA6 #A628AE #AEA628

tetradic

#28AEA6 #6328AE #AE2830 #73AE28

square

#28AEA6 #6328AE #AE2830 #73AE28

split-complementary

#28AEA6 #AE2873 #AE6328

monochromatic

#114A47 #1D7C77 #28AEA6 #40D3CA #72DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#28AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#28AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AEA6

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AEA6	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac7c0',
    500: '#28aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28aea6;
$custom-light: #7ac7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.418,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AEA6

secondary

#C66C71

accent

#424CE6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AEA6

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

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