#409AA8#409AA8

#409AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.087 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AA8
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -22.28, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 27.03, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0758 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.087 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7349, 27.0262, 41.1620)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AA8 #A84E40

analogous

#40A882 #409AA8 #4066A8

triadic

#409AA8 #A8409A #9AA840

tetradic

#409AA8 #8240A8 #A84E40 #66A840

square

#409AA8 #8240A8 #A84E40 #66A840

split-complementary

#409AA8 #A84066 #A88240

monochromatic

#1E494F #2F717C #409AA8 #62B6C3 #8ECBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#409AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#409AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AA8

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AA8	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.087 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8c1',
    500: '#409aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aa8;
$custom-light: #80b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63791,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AA8

secondary

#BF8D85

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AA8

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

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