#408E98#408E98

#408E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.077 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E98
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -20.82, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 24.32, 211.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0692 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.077 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4525, 22.7013, 33.1617)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E98 #984A40

analogous

#409876 #408E98 #406298

triadic

#408E98 #98408E #8E9840

tetradic

#408E98 #764098 #984A40 #629840

square

#408E98 #764098 #984A40 #629840

split-complementary

#408E98 #984062 #987640

monochromatic

#1C3E42 #2E666D #408E98 #5BAFBA #86C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#408E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E98

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E98	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.077 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafb6',
    500: '#408e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e98;
$custom-light: #7eafb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E98

secondary

#B7847D

accent

#6557D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E98

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

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