#408E82#408E82

#408E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.079 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E82
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -27.04, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 27.06, 181.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0792 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.079 182)
XYZ	xyz(15.8149, 22.0462, 24.5367)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E82 #8E404C

analogous

#408E5B #408E82 #40738E

triadic

#408E82 #82408E #8E8240

tetradic

#408E82 #5B408E #8E404C #738E40

square

#408E82 #5B408E #8E404C #738E40

split-complementary

#408E82 #8E4073 #8E5B40

monochromatic

#1A3A35 #2D645B #408E82 #58B4A5 #82C7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#408E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#408E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E82

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E82	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)

#888782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.079 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafa6',
    500: '#408e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e82;
$custom-light: #7cafa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.22048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E82

secondary

#B17981

accent

#5A6CCE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E82

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

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