#405E5A#405E5A

#405E5A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.036 H 185.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#405E5A
RGB	rgb(64, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(172, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(172, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, -12.01, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 12.07, 185.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% -0.0358 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.036 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9619, 9.8332, 11.1493)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#405E5A #5E4044

analogous

#405E4B #405E5A #40535E

triadic

#405E5A #5A405E #5E5A40

tetradic

#405E5A #4B405E #5E4044 #535E40

square

#405E5A #4B405E #5E4044 #535E40

split-complementary

#405E5A #5E4053 #5E4B40

monochromatic

#0E1514 #273A37 #405E5A #59827D #76A29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#405E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#405E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #405E5A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##405E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##405E5A	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55575A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #405e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.036 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768b88',
    500: '#405e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #405e5a;
$custom-light: #768b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#405e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45709,
    "c": 0.036,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#405E5A

secondary

#8D6C71

accent

#6C77BC

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#080C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #405E5A

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

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