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#028CA2 — Vivid Teal

#028CA2 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkCyan (#008B8B). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkcyan (#008B8B) — not an exact match. CSS darkcyan gives you #008B8B, a different color; use #028CA2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#028CA2 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A21702; it also sits naturally between #02A267 and #023CA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#028CA2 · RGB 2, 140, 162

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Color values

HEX#028CA2
RGB2, 140, 162
HSL188°, 98%, 32%
HSV188°, 99%, 64%
CMYK99%, 14%, 0%, 36%
XYZ15.92, 21.38, 37.47
Yxy21.38, 0.2130, 0.2859
CIE-Lab53.36, -23.32, -20.57
Hunter Lab46.24, -17.23, -18.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 1% · Green 55% · Blue 64%

Cyan 99% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 36%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #028CA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #028CA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #028CA2

.text { color: #028CA2; }
.background { background-color: #028CA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #028CA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(2, 140, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(188, 98%, 32%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #028CA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(2, 140, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #028CA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(2, 140, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#028CA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#028CA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #028CA2

#017F92#017283#016979#015C6A#014F5B#01424C#01353D#012C32#001F23#001214

Tints of #028CA2

#02A7C0#02C5E3#08DCFD#2BE1FD#49E5FD#68E9FD#8BEEFE#A9F3FE#CDF8FE#EBFCFF

Tones of #028CA2

#0D8496#187B8B#24737F#2F6B74#3B6268#465A5D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A21702:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.98:1 AA large only
Against black text5.28:1 AA

Best text color on #028CA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #028CA2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #028CA2: ·

How #028CA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #3E3F9DDeuteranopia · #362B9BTritanopia · #099898

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Material Teal 500 · #009688Tailwind teal 600 · #0D9488

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #028CA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 142850
#142850 · #27496D · #00909E · #DAE1E7
Palette 003092
#003092 · #00879E · #FFAB5B · #FFF2DB
Palette 04879c
#04879C · #0C3C78 · #090030 · #F30A49
Palette Ecf8f9
#ECF8F9 · #068DA9 · #7E1717 · #E55807
Palette F6f5f5
#F6F5F5 · #E9E4E6 · #3BB4C1 · #048998
Crystal Ruby Breeze
#0E8BA7 · #68BEF2 · #F17458 · #F6C6C2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#00909E#00879E#04879C#068DA9#048998#0E8BA7#00809D#088395#008891#0E7F9D#0B8494#018790

Browse neighbouring colors

← #028CA1  ·  #028CA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #028CA2?

#028CA2 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 2, 140, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkCyan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #028CA2?

#028CA2 is RGB 2, 140, 162 — HSL 188°, 98%, 32% — CMYK 99%, 14%, 0%, 36%.

What colors go with #028CA2?

Its complement is #A21702; analogous partners are #02A267 and #023CA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #028CA2 for text?

Black text on #028CA2 has a contrast ratio of 5.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.98:1.