#409B96#409B96

#409B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B96
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -28.02, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 28.55, 191.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0848 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.086 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3383, 26.7327, 32.9890)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B96 #9B4045

analogous

#409B68 #409B96 #40739B

triadic

#409B96 #96409B #9B9640

tetradic

#409B96 #68409B #9B4045 #739B40

square

#409B96 #68409B #9B4045 #739B40

split-complementary

#409B96 #9B4073 #9B6840

monochromatic

#1C4442 #2E706C #409B96 #5CBCB7 #88CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#409B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#409B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B96

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B96	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b4',
    500: '#409b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b96;
$custom-light: #7fb9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.703,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63378,
    "c": 0.0862,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B96

secondary

#B87E82

accent

#565DD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B96

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

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