#28AF9F#28AF9F

#28AF9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AF9F
RGB	rgb(40, 175, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -38.52, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 38.57, 182.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.1126 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.113 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4600, 33.6115, 38.0981)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AF9F #AF2838

analogous

#28AF5C #28AF9F #287CAF

triadic

#28AF9F #9F28AF #AF9F28

tetradic

#28AF9F #5C28AF #AF2838 #7CAF28

square

#28AF9F #5C28AF #AF2838 #7CAF28

split-complementary

#28AF9F #AF287C #AF5C28

monochromatic

#114B44 #1D7D72 #28AF9F #41D4C2 #73DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#28AF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#28AF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AF9F

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AF9F	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)

#A6A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28af9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 175, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c7bb',
    500: '#28af9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28af9f;
$custom-light: #79c7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28af9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68125,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AF9F

secondary

#C66D77

accent

#4255E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AF9F

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

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