#409A99#409A99

#409A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.085 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409A99
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -26.68, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 27.72, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0824 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.085 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4172, 26.4991, 34.2224)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409A99 #9A4041

analogous

#409A6C #409A99 #406E9A

triadic

#409A99 #99409A #9A9940

tetradic

#409A99 #6C409A #9A4041 #6E9A40

square

#409A99 #6C409A #9A4041 #6E9A40

split-complementary

#409A99 #9A406E #9A6C40

monochromatic

#1C4443 #2E6F6E #409A99 #5CBBBA #87CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#409A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#409A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409A99

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409A99	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.085 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb8b7',
    500: '#409a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409a99;
$custom-light: #7fb8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.333,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409A99

secondary

#B87E7F

accent

#5758D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409A99

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

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