#408c96

Color #408c96

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#408c96

RGB

rgb(64, 140, 150)

HSL

hsl(187, 40.2%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 57.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(54.08, -20.37, -12.44)

LCH

lch(54.08, 23.87, 211.41)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.076, 206.9)

HWB

hwb(187, 25.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#964a40

Analogous

#409675

#408c96

#406196

Triadic

#408c96

#96408c

#8c9640

Split-complementary

#408c96

#964061

#967540

Tetradic

#408c96

#4a4096

#964a40

#8c9640

Square

#408c96

#754096

#964a40

#619640

Shades

Color #408c96 mixed toward black.

#35757d

#2b5d64

#20464b

#152f32

#0b1719

Tints

Color #408c96 mixed toward white.

#52aab5

#75bbc4

#97ccd3

#badde2

#dceef0

Tones

Color #408c96 mixed toward gray.

#47878f

#4e8188

#567c81

#5d7679

#647172

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696a94 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#655f93 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#469291 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #408c96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#408c96]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#408c96 (#408c96) is rgb(64, 140, 150) in RGB.

No, #408c96 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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