#28B981#28B981

#28B981 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.144 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28B981
RGBrgb(40, 185, 129)
HSLhsl(157, 64%, 44%)
HSVhsv(157, 78%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(78.4%, 0%, 30.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.08, -50.23, 18.07)
CIE-LCHlch(67.08, 53.38, 160.21°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% -0.1369 0.0459)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.144 161.5)
XYZxyz(22.1841, 36.7313, 26.6853)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28B981 #B92860
analogous
#28B939 #28B981 #28A8B9
triadic
#28B981 #8128B9 #B98128
tetradic
#28B981 #3928B9 #B92860 #A8B928
square
#28B981 #3928B9 #B92860 #A8B928
split-complementary
#28B981 #B928A8 #B93928
monochromatic
#12543B #1D875E #28B981 #47D7A0 #79E2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#28B981 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#28B981 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B981
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28B981#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28B9811.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6AB7E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59E85
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28b981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 185, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.144 161.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7acfa5',
    500: '#28b981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28b981;
$custom-light: #7acfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28b981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.828,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28B981
secondary
#CA7394
accent
#4081E7
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#EFF9F4
border
#CAD2CE
text
#0B140F
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

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#28B981 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva