#409B8F#409B8F

#409B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.088 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B8F
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -29.93, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 29.99, 183.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.088 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.088 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7914, 26.5140, 30.1087)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B8F #9B404C

analogous

#409B61 #409B8F #40799B

triadic

#409B8F #8F409B #9B8F40

tetradic

#409B8F #61409B #9B404C #799B40

square

#409B8F #61409B #9B404C #799B40

split-complementary

#409B8F #9B4079 #9B6140

monochromatic

#1C443F #2E7067 #409B8F #5CBCAF #88CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#409B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#409B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B8F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B8F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.088 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9af',
    500: '#409b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b8f;
$custom-light: #7eb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.088,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B8F

secondary

#B87E86

accent

#5667D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B8F

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

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