#409696#409696

#409696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.082 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409696
RGB	rgb(64, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -25.52, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 26.69, 196.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0792 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.082 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5234, 25.1028, 32.7174)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409696 #964040

analogous

#40966B #409696 #406B96

triadic

#409696 #964096 #969640

tetradic

#409696 #6B4096 #964040 #6B9640

square

#409696 #6B4096 #964040 #6B9640

split-complementary

#409696 #96406B #966B40

monochromatic

#1B4040 #2E6B6B #409696 #5AB9B9 #85CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#409696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#409696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409696

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409696	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.082 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5b4',
    500: '#409696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409696;
$custom-light: #7eb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62125,
    "c": 0.0821,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409696

secondary

#B67C7C

accent

#5858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409696

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

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