#408F97#408F97

#408F97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.078 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F97
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -21.64, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 24.54, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0708 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.078 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5204, 22.9676, 32.7820)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F97 #974840

analogous

#409774 #408F97 #406497

triadic

#408F97 #97408F #8F9740

tetradic

#408F97 #744097 #974840 #649740

square

#408F97 #744097 #974840 #649740

split-complementary

#408F97 #974064 #977440

monochromatic

#1C3E41 #2E666C #408F97 #5BB1B9 #86C5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#408F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F97

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F97	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.078 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0b5',
    500: '#408f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f97;
$custom-light: #7eb0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.517,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60413,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F97

secondary

#B6827D

accent

#6357D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →