#408D8D#408D8D

#408D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.076 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408D8D
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -23.51, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 24.59, 197.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0729 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.076 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4449, 22.0613, 28.5858)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408D8D #8D4040

analogous

#408D66 #408D8D #40668D

triadic

#408D8D #8D408D #8D8D40

tetradic

#408D8D #66408D #8D4040 #668D40

square

#408D8D #66408D #8D4040 #668D40

split-complementary

#408D8D #8D4066 #8D6640

monochromatic

#1A3939 #2D6363 #408D8D #57B3B3 #81C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#408D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#408D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408D8D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408D8D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.076 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daeae',
    500: '#408d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408d8d;
$custom-light: #7daeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408D8D

secondary

#B07878

accent

#5A5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408D8D

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

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