#408A8A#408A8A

#408A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.073 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408A8A
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -22.81, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 23.87, 197.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0708 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.073 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7884, 21.1004, 27.2806)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408A8A #8A4040

analogous

#408A65 #408A8A #40658A

triadic

#408A8A #8A408A #8A8A40

tetradic

#408A8A #65408A #8A4040 #658A40

square

#408A8A #65408A #8A4040 #658A40

split-complementary

#408A8A #8A4065 #8A6540

monochromatic

#193636 #2D6060 #408A8A #56B1B1 #80C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#408A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#408A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408A8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408A8A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.073 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacac',
    500: '#408a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408a8a;
$custom-light: #7cacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408A8A

secondary

#AF7777

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408A8A

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

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