#28B4AE#28B4AE

#28B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B4AE
RGB	rgb(40, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -36.53, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 37.25, 191.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1107 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.113 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8327, 36.1465, 45.7044)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B4AE #B4282E

analogous

#28B468 #28B4AE #2874B4

triadic

#28B4AE #AE28B4 #B4AE28

tetradic

#28B4AE #6828B4 #B4282E #74B428

square

#28B4AE #6828B4 #B4282E #74B428

split-complementary

#28B4AE #B42874 #B46828

monochromatic

#12504D #1D827E #28B4AE #44D5CF #76E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#28B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#28B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B4AE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B4AE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcbc6',
    500: '#28b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b4ae;
$custom-light: #7bcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69881,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B4AE

secondary

#C87074

accent

#4148E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B4AE

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

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