#408C8F#408C8F

#408C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.075 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408C8F
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -22.42, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 24.06, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0709 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.075 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4483, 21.8278, 29.3276)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408C8F #8F4340

analogous

#408F6A #408C8F #40658F

triadic

#408C8F #8F408C #8C8F40

tetradic

#408C8F #6A408F #8F4340 #658F40

square

#408C8F #6A408F #8F4340 #658F40

split-complementary

#408C8F #8F4065 #8F6A40

monochromatic

#1A393A #2D6365 #408C8F #58B1B4 #82C5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#408C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#408C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408C8F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408C8F	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)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.075 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daeaf',
    500: '#408c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408c8f;
$custom-light: #7daeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.278,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.07488,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408C8F

secondary

#B27B79

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408C8F

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

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