#408E8D#408E8D

#408E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.076 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E8D
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -24.02, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 24.95, 195.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0741 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.076 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5931, 22.3575, 28.6351)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E8D #8E4041

analogous

#408E66 #408E8D #40688E

triadic

#408E8D #8D408E #8E8D40

tetradic

#408E8D #66408E #8E4041 #688E40

square

#408E8D #66408E #8E4041 #688E40

split-complementary

#408E8D #8E4068 #8E6640

monochromatic

#1A3A39 #2D6463 #408E8D #58B4B2 #82C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#408E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#408E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E8D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E8D	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.076 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafae',
    500: '#408e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e8d;
$custom-light: #7dafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.231,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59794,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E8D

secondary

#B17979

accent

#5A5BCE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E8D

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

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