#28AEB9#28AEB9

#28AEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.109 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AEB9
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -30.39, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 34.17, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.1 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.109 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7642, 34.2229, 51.1900)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AEB9 #B93328

analogous

#28B97C #28AEB9 #2866B9

triadic

#28AEB9 #B928AE #AEB928

tetradic

#28AEB9 #7C28B9 #B93328 #66B928

square

#28AEB9 #7C28B9 #B93328 #66B928

split-complementary

#28AEB9 #B92866 #B97C28

monochromatic

#124F54 #1D7F87 #28AEB9 #47CCD7 #79DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#28AEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#28AEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AEB9

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AEB9	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28aeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.109 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc6ce',
    500: '#28aeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28aeb9;
$custom-light: #7cc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28aeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.552,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AEB9

secondary

#CA7973

accent

#4D40E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AEB9

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

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