#409B8D#409B8D

#409B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.089 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B8D
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -30.47, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 30.48, 181.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.089 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.089 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6413, 26.4539, 29.3179)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B8D #9B404E

analogous

#409B5F #409B8D #407C9B

triadic

#409B8D #8D409B #9B8D40

tetradic

#409B8D #5F409B #9B404E #7C9B40

square

#409B8D #5F409B #9B404E #7C9B40

split-complementary

#409B8D #9B407C #9B5F40

monochromatic

#1C443E #2E7066 #409B8D #5CBCAD #88CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#409B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#409B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B8D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B8D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.089 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9ae',
    500: '#409b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b8d;
$custom-light: #7eb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B8D

secondary

#B87E87

accent

#5669D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B8D

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

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