#408B99#408B99

#408B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.077 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B99
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -18.94, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 23.84, 217.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0654 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.077 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0944, 21.8535, 33.4481)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B99 #994E40

analogous

#40997A #408B99 #405F99

triadic

#408B99 #99408B #8B9940

tetradic

#408B99 #7A4099 #994E40 #5F9940

square

#408B99 #7A4099 #994E40 #5F9940

split-complementary

#408B99 #99405F #997A40

monochromatic

#1C3D43 #2E646E #408B99 #5CACBB #87C2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#408B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#408B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B99

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B99	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.077 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadb7',
    500: '#408b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b99;
$custom-light: #7dadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.438,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59497,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B99

secondary

#B7877E

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B99

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

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