#408B72#408B72

#408B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.085 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#408B72
RGBrgb(64, 139, 114)
HSLhsl(160, 37%, 40%)
HSVhsv(160, 54%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.70, -29.66, 6.35)
CIE-LCHlch(52.70, 30.33, 167.91°)
OKLaboklab(58.16% -0.0833 0.0163)
OKLCHoklch(58.16% 0.085 168.9)
XYZxyz(14.3829, 20.7689, 19.1672)
Luminance0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#408B72 #8B4059
analogous
#408B4D #408B72 #407F8B
triadic
#408B72 #72408B #8B7240
tetradic
#408B72 #4D408B #8B4059 #7F8B40
square
#408B72 #4D408B #8B4059 #7F8B40
split-complementary
#408B72 #8B407F #8B4D40
monochromatic
#19372D #2D6150 #408B72 #57B293 #81C5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07
#408B72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15
#408B72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B72
5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##408B72#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##408B721.004.075.155.15
#FFFFFF4.071.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1521.001.001.00
##0000005.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#888371
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C7A74
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#208C84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #408b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.085 168.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bad9a',
    500: '#408b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #408b72;
$custom-light: #7bad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#408b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58158,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#408B72
secondary
#AF788A
accent
#5B81CD
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EEF4F2
border
#C9CECC
text
#0A100E
muted
#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B72

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#408B72 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva