#409B79#409B79

#409B79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B79
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -35.48, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 36.82, 164.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0985 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.102 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2852, 25.9115, 22.1760)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B79 #9B4062

analogous

#409B4B #409B79 #40909B

triadic

#409B79 #79409B #9B7940

tetradic

#409B79 #4B409B #9B4062 #909B40

square

#409B79 #4B409B #9B4062 #909B40

split-complementary

#409B79 #9B4090 #9B4B40

monochromatic

#1C4435 #2E7057 #409B79 #5CBC98 #88CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#409B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#409B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B79

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B79	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db99f',
    500: '#409b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b79;
$custom-light: #7db99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.582,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B79

secondary

#B87E94

accent

#5684D1

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B79

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

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