#408E79#408E79

#408E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.084 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E79
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -29.38, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 29.64, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0835 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.084 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2370, 21.8151, 21.4932)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E79 #8E4055

analogous

#408E52 #408E79 #407C8E

triadic

#408E79 #79408E #8E7940

tetradic

#408E79 #52408E #8E4055 #7C8E40

square

#408E79 #52408E #8E4055 #7C8E40

split-complementary

#408E79 #8E407C #8E5240

monochromatic

#1A3A31 #2D6455 #408E79 #58B49B #82C7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#408E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#408E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E79

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E79	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.084 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caf9f',
    500: '#408e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e79;
$custom-light: #7caf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59139,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E79

secondary

#B17988

accent

#5A79CE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E79

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

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