#408D8A#408D8A

#408D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.076 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408D8A
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -24.35, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 24.99, 193.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0743 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.076 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2247, 21.9732, 27.4260)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408D8A #8D4043

analogous

#408D63 #408D8A #406A8D

triadic

#408D8A #8A408D #8D8A40

tetradic

#408D8A #63408D #8D4043 #6A8D40

square

#408D8A #63408D #8D4043 #6A8D40

split-complementary

#408D8A #8D406A #8D6340

monochromatic

#1A3938 #2D6361 #408D8A #57B3AF #81C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#408D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#408D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408D8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408D8A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.076 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caeac',
    500: '#408d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408d8a;
$custom-light: #7caeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.662,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59435,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408D8A

secondary

#B0787B

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408D8A

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

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