#408B8A#408B8A

#408B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.074 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B8A
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -23.33, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 24.23, 195.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.072 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.074 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9325, 21.3887, 27.3286)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B8A #8B4041

analogous

#408B65 #408B8A #40678B

triadic

#408B8A #8A408B #8B8A40

tetradic

#408B8A #65408B #8B4041 #678B40

square

#408B8A #65408B #8B4041 #678B40

split-complementary

#408B8A #8B4067 #8B6540

monochromatic

#193737 #2D6160 #408B8A #57B2B0 #81C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#408B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#408B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B8A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.074 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadac',
    500: '#408b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b8a;
$custom-light: #7cadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5893,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B8A

secondary

#AF7878

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B8A

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

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