#409A9C#409A9C

#409A9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409A9C
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -25.82, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 27.37, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.081 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.085 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6681, 26.5995, 35.5437)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409A9C #9C4240

analogous

#409C70 #409A9C #406C9C

triadic

#409A9C #9C409A #9A9C40

tetradic

#409A9C #70409C #9C4240 #6C9C40

square

#409A9C #70409C #9C4240 #6C9C40

split-complementary

#409A9C #9C406C #9C7040

monochromatic

#1C4445 #2E6F71 #409A9C #5DBABC #88CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#409A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#409A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409A9C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409A9C	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb8b9',
    500: '#409a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409a9c;
$custom-light: #7fb8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63339,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409A9C

secondary

#B9807F

accent

#5956D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409A9C

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

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