#408E83#408E83

#408E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E83
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -26.78, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 26.81, 183.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0787 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.079 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8823, 22.0732, 24.8919)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E83 #8E404B

analogous

#408E5C #408E83 #40728E

triadic

#408E83 #83408E #8E8340

tetradic

#408E83 #5C408E #8E404B #728E40

square

#408E83 #5C408E #8E404B #728E40

split-complementary

#408E83 #8E4072 #8E5C40

monochromatic

#1A3A35 #2D645C #408E83 #58B4A7 #82C7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#408E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#408E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E83

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E83	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)

#888783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafa7',
    500: '#408e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e83;
$custom-light: #7cafa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.538,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59452,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E83

secondary

#B17981

accent

#5A6ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E83

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

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