#408B82#408B82

#408B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.076 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B82
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -25.54, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 25.64, 185.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0756 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.076 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3745, 21.1655, 24.3899)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B82 #8B4049

analogous

#408B5D #408B82 #406F8B

triadic

#408B82 #82408B #8B8240

tetradic

#408B82 #5D408B #8B4049 #6F8B40

square

#408B82 #5D408B #8B4049 #6F8B40

split-complementary

#408B82 #8B406F #8B5D40

monochromatic

#193734 #2D615B #408B82 #57B2A7 #81C5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#408B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#408B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B82

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B82	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.076 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cada6',
    500: '#408b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b82;
$custom-light: #7cada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B82

secondary

#AF787E

accent

#5B69CD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B82

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

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