#409A8F#409A8F

#409A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.087 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409A8F
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -29.45, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 29.54, 184.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0869 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.087 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6257, 26.1825, 30.0534)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409A8F #9A404B

analogous

#409A62 #409A8F #40789A

triadic

#409A8F #8F409A #9A8F40

tetradic

#409A8F #62409A #9A404B #789A40

square

#409A8F #62409A #9A404B #789A40

split-complementary

#409A8F #9A4078 #9A6240

monochromatic

#1C443F #2E6F67 #409A8F #5CBBB0 #87CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#409A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#409A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409A8F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409A8F	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.087 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb8af',
    500: '#409a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409a8f;
$custom-light: #7eb8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.667,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.08717,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409A8F

secondary

#B87E85

accent

#5766D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409A8F

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

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