#408F86#408F86

#408F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.079 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F86
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -26.47, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 26.59, 185.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0785 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.079 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2380, 22.4546, 26.0281)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F86 #8F4049

analogous

#408F5F #408F86 #40708F

triadic

#408F86 #86408F #8F8640

tetradic

#408F86 #5F408F #8F4049 #708F40

square

#408F86 #5F408F #8F4049 #708F40

split-complementary

#408F86 #8F4070 #8F5F40

monochromatic

#1A3A37 #2D655E #408F86 #58B4AA #82C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#408F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#408F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F86

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F86	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#888886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.079 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0a9',
    500: '#408f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f86;
$custom-light: #7cb0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.165,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59806,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F86

secondary

#B27980

accent

#5A67CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F86

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

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