#408E7E#408E7E

#408E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.081 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E7E
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -28.10, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 28.12, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0811 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.081 178)
XYZ	xyz(15.5516, 21.9409, 23.1501)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E7E #8E4050

analogous

#408E57 #408E7E #40778E

triadic

#408E7E #7E408E #8E7E40

tetradic

#408E7E #57408E #8E4050 #778E40

square

#408E7E #57408E #8E4050 #778E40

split-complementary

#408E7E #8E4077 #8E5740

monochromatic

#1A3A33 #2D6459 #408E7E #58B4A1 #82C7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#408E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#408E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E7E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E7E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.081 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafa3',
    500: '#408e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e7e;
$custom-light: #7cafa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59292,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.21942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E7E

secondary

#B17984

accent

#5A72CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E7E

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

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