#408F99#408F99

#408F99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.078 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408F99
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -21.05, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 24.54, 210.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0699 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.078 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6842, 23.0331, 33.6447)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408F99 #994A40

analogous

#409977 #408F99 #406299

triadic

#408F99 #99408F #8F9940

tetradic

#408F99 #774099 #994A40 #629940

square

#408F99 #774099 #994A40 #629940

split-complementary

#408F99 #994062 #997740

monochromatic

#1C3E43 #2E676E #408F99 #5CB0BB #87C5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#408F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408F99

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408F99	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.078 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0b7',
    500: '#408f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408f99;
$custom-light: #7eb0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.742,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60489,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408F99

secondary

#B7847E

accent

#6557D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408F99

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

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