#409A8E#409A8E

#409A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.088 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409A8E
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -29.72, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 29.77, 183.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0874 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.088 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5503, 26.1523, 29.6562)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409A8E #9A404C

analogous

#409A61 #409A8E #40799A

triadic

#409A8E #8E409A #9A8E40

tetradic

#409A8E #61409A #9A404C #799A40

square

#409A8E #61409A #9A404C #799A40

split-complementary

#409A8E #9A4079 #9A6140

monochromatic

#1C443E #2E6F66 #409A8E #5CBBAF #87CDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#409A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#409A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409A8E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409A8E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.088 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb8af',
    500: '#409a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409a8e;
$custom-light: #7eb8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6286,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409A8E

secondary

#B87E86

accent

#5767D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409A8E

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

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