#408E9B#408E9B

#408E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.078 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E9B
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -19.92, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 24.43, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.068 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.078 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7013, 22.8008, 34.4721)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E9B #9B4D40

analogous

#409B7A #408E9B #40619B

triadic

#408E9B #9B408E #8E9B40

tetradic

#408E9B #7A409B #9B4D40 #619B40

square

#408E9B #7A409B #9B4D40 #619B40

split-complementary

#408E9B #9B4061 #9B7A40

monochromatic

#1C3F44 #2E6670 #408E9B #5CAEBC #88C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#408E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#408E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E9B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E9B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.078 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafb8',
    500: '#408e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e9b;
$custom-light: #7eafb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60319,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E9B

secondary

#B8877E

accent

#6856D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E9B

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

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