#408D79#408D79

#408D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.083 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408D79
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -28.89, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 29.10, 173.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0823 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.083 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0889, 21.5188, 21.4438)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408D79 #8D4054

analogous

#408D53 #408D79 #407A8D

triadic

#408D79 #79408D #8D7940

tetradic

#408D79 #53408D #8D4054 #7A8D40

square

#408D79 #53408D #8D4054 #7A8D40

split-complementary

#408D79 #8D407A #8D5340

monochromatic

#1A3931 #2D6355 #408D79 #57B39B #81C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#408D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#408D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408D79

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408D79	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.083 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baf9f',
    500: '#408d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408d79;
$custom-light: #7baf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.416,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58881,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408D79

secondary

#B07887

accent

#5A78CE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #408D79

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

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