#408A97#408A97

#408A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.076 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408A97
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -19.01, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 23.55, 216.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0651 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.076 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7865, 21.4997, 32.5374)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408A97 #974D40

analogous

#409779 #408A97 #405E97

triadic

#408A97 #97408A #8A9740

tetradic

#408A97 #794097 #974D40 #5E9740

square

#408A97 #794097 #974D40 #5E9740

split-complementary

#408A97 #97405E #977940

monochromatic

#1C3B41 #2E636C #408A97 #5BABB9 #86C1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#408A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#408A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408A97

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408A97	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.076 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacb5',
    500: '#408a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408a97;
$custom-light: #7dacb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.966,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59169,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408A97

secondary

#B6857D

accent

#6A57D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408A97

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

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