#408C8A#408C8A

#408C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.075 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408C8A
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -23.84, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 24.61, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0731 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.075 193)
XYZ	xyz(16.0780, 21.6796, 27.3771)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408C8A #8C4042

analogous

#408C64 #408C8A #40688C

triadic

#408C8A #8A408C #8C8A40

tetradic

#408C8A #64408C #8C4042 #688C40

square

#408C8A #64408C #8C4042 #688C40

split-complementary

#408C8A #8C4068 #8C6440

monochromatic

#1A3837 #2D6261 #408C8A #57B2B0 #81C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#408C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#408C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408C8A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408C8A	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.075 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caeac',
    500: '#408c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408c8a;
$custom-light: #7caeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59183,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408C8A

secondary

#B07879

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408C8A

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

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