#28AEAD#28AEAD

#28AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AEAD
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -34.03, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 35.34, 195.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.1052 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.109 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5504, 33.7374, 44.7978)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AEAD #AE2829

analogous

#28AE6A #28AEAD #286CAE

triadic

#28AEAD #AD28AE #AEAD28

tetradic

#28AEAD #6A28AE #AE2829 #6CAE28

square

#28AEAD #6A28AE #AE2829 #6CAE28

split-complementary

#28AEAD #AE286C #AE6A28

monochromatic

#114A4A #1D7C7C #28AEAD #40D3D2 #72DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#28AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#28AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AEAD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AEAD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac6c5',
    500: '#28aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28aead;
$custom-light: #7ac6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68343,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AEAD

secondary

#C66C6D

accent

#4243E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AEAD

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

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