#408E97#408E97

#408E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.077 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E97
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -21.12, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 24.31, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0697 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.077 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3710, 22.6687, 32.7322)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E97 #974940

analogous

#409775 #408E97 #406397

triadic

#408E97 #97408E #8E9740

tetradic

#408E97 #754097 #974940 #639740

square

#408E97 #754097 #974940 #639740

split-complementary

#408E97 #974063 #977540

monochromatic

#1C3D41 #2E666C #408E97 #5BB0B9 #86C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#408E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E97

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E97	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.077 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafb5',
    500: '#408e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e97;
$custom-light: #7eafb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60164,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E97

secondary

#B6837D

accent

#6457D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E97

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

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