#28AF9E#28AF9E

#28AF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AF9E
RGB	rgb(40, 175, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -38.80, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 38.82, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.1131 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.113 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3736, 33.5769, 37.6429)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AF9E #AF2839

analogous

#28AF5A #28AF9E #287DAF

triadic

#28AF9E #9E28AF #AF9E28

tetradic

#28AF9E #5A28AF #AF2839 #7DAF28

square

#28AF9E #5A28AF #AF2839 #7DAF28

split-complementary

#28AF9E #AF287D #AF5A28

monochromatic

#114B44 #1D7D71 #28AF9E #41D4C1 #73DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#28AF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#28AF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AF9E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AF9E	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9597A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28af9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 175, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7ba',
    500: '#28af9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28af9e;
$custom-light: #79c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28af9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68093,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AF9E

secondary

#C66D78

accent

#4257E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AF9E

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

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