#28AEAE#28AEAE

#28AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AEAE
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -33.73, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 35.19, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.1048 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.108 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6476, 33.7763, 45.3093)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AEAE #AE2828

analogous

#28AE6B #28AEAE #286BAE

triadic

#28AEAE #AE28AE #AEAE28

tetradic

#28AEAE #6B28AE #AE2828 #6BAE28

square

#28AEAE #6B28AE #AE2828 #6BAE28

split-complementary

#28AEAE #AE286B #AE6B28

monochromatic

#114A4A #1D7C7C #28AEAE #40D3D3 #72DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#28AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#28AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AEAE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AEAE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc6c6',
    500: '#28aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28aeae;
$custom-light: #7bc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AEAE

secondary

#C66C6C

accent

#4242E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AEAE

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

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