#28AF9C#28AF9C

#28AF9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.114 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AF9C
RGB	rgb(40, 175, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -39.35, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 39.35, 180.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.114 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.114 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2028, 33.5086, 36.7437)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AF9C #AF283B

analogous

#28AF59 #28AF9C #287EAF

triadic

#28AF9C #9C28AF #AF9C28

tetradic

#28AF9C #5928AF #AF283B #7EAF28

square

#28AF9C #5928AF #AF283B #7EAF28

split-complementary

#28AF9C #AF287E #AF5928

monochromatic

#114B43 #1D7D70 #28AF9C #41D4BF #73DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#28AF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#28AF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AF9C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AF9C	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)

#A7A49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28af9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 175, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.114 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7b9',
    500: '#28af9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28af9c;
$custom-light: #79c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28af9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.556,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68031,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AF9C

secondary

#C66D79

accent

#4259E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AF9C

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

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