#408E8F#408E8F

#408E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.076 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E8F
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -23.45, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 24.72, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0732 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.076 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7432, 22.4176, 29.4259)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E8F #8F4140

analogous

#408F68 #408E8F #40678F

triadic

#408E8F #8F408E #8E8F40

tetradic

#408E8F #68408F #8F4140 #678F40

square

#408E8F #68408F #8F4140 #678F40

split-complementary

#408E8F #8F4067 #8F6840

monochromatic

#1A3A3A #2D6465 #408E8F #58B3B4 #82C6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#408E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#408E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E8F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E8F	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.076 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafaf',
    500: '#408e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e8f;
$custom-light: #7dafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.759,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59865,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E8F

secondary

#B27A79

accent

#5B5ACE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E8F

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

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