#408F85#408F85

#408F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.079 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F85
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -26.74, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 26.81, 184.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.079 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.079 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1686, 22.4268, 25.6625)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F85 #8F404A

analogous

#408F5D #408F85 #40718F

triadic

#408F85 #85408F #8F8540

tetradic

#408F85 #5D408F #8F404A #718F40

square

#408F85 #5D408F #8F404A #718F40

split-complementary

#408F85 #8F4071 #8F5D40

monochromatic

#1A3A36 #2D655E #408F85 #58B4A9 #82C7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#408F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#408F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F85

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F85	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.079 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0a8',
    500: '#408f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f85;
$custom-light: #7cb0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.405,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F85

secondary

#B27980

accent

#5A68CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F85

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

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