#409B8B#409B8B

#409B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.090 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B8B
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -31.00, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 31.00, 179.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0899 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.09 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4938, 26.3949, 28.5412)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B8B #9B4050

analogous

#409B5E #409B8B #407D9B

triadic

#409B8B #8B409B #9B8B40

tetradic

#409B8B #5E409B #9B4050 #7D9B40

square

#409B8B #5E409B #9B4050 #7D9B40

split-complementary

#409B8B #9B407D #9B5E40

monochromatic

#1C443D #2E7064 #409B8B #5CBCAB #88CEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#409B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#409B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B8B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B8B	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.090 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9ac',
    500: '#409b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b8b;
$custom-light: #7eb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.451,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63017,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B8B

secondary

#B87E89

accent

#566CD1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B8B

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

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