#408E89#408E89

#408E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.077 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E89
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -25.14, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 25.56, 190.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0759 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.077 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3008, 22.2406, 27.0959)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E89 #8E4045

analogous

#408E62 #408E89 #406C8E

triadic

#408E89 #89408E #8E8940

tetradic

#408E89 #62408E #8E4045 #6C8E40

square

#408E89 #62408E #8E4045 #6C8E40

split-complementary

#408E89 #8E406C #8E6240

monochromatic

#1A3A38 #2D6460 #408E89 #58B4AE #82C7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#408E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#408E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E89

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E89	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.077 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafab',
    500: '#408e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e89;
$custom-light: #7cafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.154,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E89

secondary

#B1797C

accent

#5A61CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E89

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

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