#408B59#408B59

#408B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.108 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B59
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(140, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(140, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -35.14, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 40.36, 150.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0955 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.108 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1492, 20.2754, 12.6699)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B59 #8B4072

analogous

#4D8B40 #408B59 #408B7F

triadic

#408B59 #59408B #8B5940

tetradic

#408B59 #404D8B #8B4072 #8B7F40

square

#408B59 #404D8B #8B4072 #8B7F40

split-complementary

#408B59 #7F408B #8B404D

monochromatic

#193723 #2D613E #408B59 #57B275 #81C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#408B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#408B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B59

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B59	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81795C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.108 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bad88',
    500: '#408b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b59;
$custom-light: #7bad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5753,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B59

secondary

#AF789D

accent

#5BA7CD

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EEF4EF

border

#C9CECA

text

#0A100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B59

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

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