#409AA4#409AA4

#409AA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AA4
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -23.48, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 26.95, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0775 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.086 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3680, 26.8794, 39.2296)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AA4 #A44A40

analogous

#40A47C #409AA4 #4068A4

triadic

#409AA4 #A4409A #9AA440

tetradic

#409AA4 #7C40A4 #A44A40 #68A440

square

#409AA4 #7C40A4 #A44A40 #68A440

split-complementary

#409AA4 #A44068 #A47C40

monochromatic

#1E474C #2F7178 #409AA4 #60B7C1 #8CCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#409AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#409AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AA4

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AA4	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8bf',
    500: '#409aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aa4;
$custom-light: #80b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AA4

secondary

#BD8983

accent

#6154D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AA4

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

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