#28B09C#28B09C

#28B09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B09C
RGB	rgb(40, 176, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -39.80, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 39.80, 179.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.115 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.115 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3982, 33.8993, 36.8088)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B09C #B0283C

analogous

#28B058 #28B09C #2880B0

triadic

#28B09C #9C28B0 #B09C28

tetradic

#28B09C #5828B0 #B0283C #80B028

square

#28B09C #5828B0 #B0283C #80B028

split-complementary

#28B09C #B02880 #B05828

monochromatic

#114C44 #1D7E70 #28B09C #41D4BE #73DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#28B09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#28B09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B09C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B09C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 176, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c8b9',
    500: '#28b09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b09c;
$custom-light: #79c8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68285,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B09C

secondary

#C66D7A

accent

#425AE6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B09C

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

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