#408F87#408F87

#408F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.079 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F87
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(174, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -26.19, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 26.38, 186.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.078 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.079 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3081, 22.4826, 26.3971)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F87 #8F4048

analogous

#408F5F #408F87 #406F8F

triadic

#408F87 #87408F #8F8740

tetradic

#408F87 #5F408F #8F4048 #6F8F40

square

#408F87 #5F408F #8F4048 #6F8F40

split-complementary

#408F87 #8F406F #8F5F40

monochromatic

#1A3A37 #2D655F #408F87 #58B4AB #82C7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#408F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#408F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F87

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F87	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.079 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0a9',
    500: '#408f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f87;
$custom-light: #7cb0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.924,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F87

secondary

#B2797F

accent

#5A65CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F87

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

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