#408B78#408B78

#408B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.081 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B78
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -28.17, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 28.34, 173.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0804 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.081 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7356, 20.9100, 21.0251)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B78 #8B4053

analogous

#408B53 #408B78 #40798B

triadic

#408B78 #78408B #8B7840

tetradic

#408B78 #53408B #8B4053 #798B40

square

#408B78 #53408B #8B4053 #798B40

split-complementary

#408B78 #8B4079 #8B5340

monochromatic

#193730 #2D6154 #408B78 #57B29B #81C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#408B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#408B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B78

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B78	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.081 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bad9e',
    500: '#408b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b78;
$custom-light: #7bad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58335,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B78

secondary

#AF7886

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B78

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

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