#408D99#408D99

#408D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.077 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408D99
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -20.00, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 24.15, 214.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0677 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.077 209)
XYZ	xyz(17.3867, 22.4380, 33.5455)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408D99 #994C40

analogous

#409979 #408D99 #406099

triadic

#408D99 #99408D #8D9940

tetradic

#408D99 #794099 #994C40 #609940

square

#408D99 #794099 #994C40 #609940

split-complementary

#408D99 #994060 #997940

monochromatic

#1C3D43 #2E656E #408D99 #5CAEBB #87C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#408D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#408D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408D99

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408D99	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.077 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeb7',
    500: '#408d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408d99;
$custom-light: #7eaeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.09,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59993,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.2244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408D99

secondary

#B7857E

accent

#6757D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408D99

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

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