#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
RGB	rgb(40, 185, 129)
HSL	hsl(157, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 0%, 30.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -50.23, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 53.38, 160.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1369 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.144 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1841, 36.7313, 26.6853)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##28B981	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #28B981

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

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