#409AA6#409AA6

#409AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.086 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AA6
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -22.88, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 26.97, 211.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0767 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.086 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5500, 26.9522, 40.1883)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AA6 #A64C40

analogous

#40A67F #409AA6 #4067A6

triadic

#409AA6 #A6409A #9AA640

tetradic

#409AA6 #7F40A6 #A64C40 #67A640

square

#409AA6 #7F40A6 #A64C40 #67A640

split-complementary

#409AA6 #A64067 #A67F40

monochromatic

#1E484E #2F717A #409AA6 #61B7C2 #8DCBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#409AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#409AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AA6

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AA6	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.086 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8c0',
    500: '#409aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aa6;
$custom-light: #80b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63713,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AA6

secondary

#BE8B84

accent

#6354D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AA6

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

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