#408E8A#408E8A

#408E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.077 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E8A
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -24.86, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 25.39, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0755 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.077 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3729, 22.2694, 27.4754)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E8A #8E4044

analogous

#408E63 #408E8A #406B8E

triadic

#408E8A #8A408E #8E8A40

tetradic

#408E8A #63408E #8E4044 #6B8E40

square

#408E8A #63408E #8E4044 #6B8E40

split-complementary

#408E8A #8E406B #8E6340

monochromatic

#1A3A38 #2D6461 #408E8A #58B4AF #82C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#408E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#408E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E8A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E8A	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)

#87878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.077 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafac',
    500: '#408e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e8a;
$custom-light: #7dafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.07682,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E8A

secondary

#B1797C

accent

#5A60CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E8A

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

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