#408F8A#408F8A

#408F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.078 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F8A
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -25.37, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 25.80, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0766 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.078 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5223, 22.5683, 27.5252)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F8A #8F4045

analogous

#408F63 #408F8A #406C8F

triadic

#408F8A #8A408F #8F8A40

tetradic

#408F8A #63408F #8F4045 #6C8F40

square

#408F8A #63408F #8F4045 #6C8F40

split-complementary

#408F8A #8F406C #8F6340

monochromatic

#1A3A38 #2D6561 #408F8A #58B4AE #82C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#408F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#408F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F8A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F8A	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.078 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db0ac',
    500: '#408f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f8a;
$custom-light: #7db0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.203,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F8A

secondary

#B2797D

accent

#5A61CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F8A

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

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