#409B97#409B97

#409B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B97
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -27.74, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 28.38, 192.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0844 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.086 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4192, 26.7651, 33.4149)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B97 #9B4044

analogous

#409B6A #409B97 #40719B

triadic

#409B97 #97409B #9B9740

tetradic

#409B97 #6A409B #9B4044 #719B40

square

#409B97 #6A409B #9B4044 #719B40

split-complementary

#409B97 #9B4071 #9B6A40

monochromatic

#1C4443 #2E706D #409B97 #5CBCB8 #88CECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#409B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#409B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B97

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B97	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)

#929497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b5',
    500: '#409b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b97;
$custom-light: #7fb9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.363,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B97

secondary

#B87E81

accent

#565CD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B97

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

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