#409B99#409B99

#409B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.086 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B99
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -27.17, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 28.08, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0835 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.086 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5830, 26.8306, 34.2776)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B99 #9B4042

analogous

#409B6B #409B99 #40709B

triadic

#409B99 #99409B #9B9940

tetradic

#409B99 #6B409B #9B4042 #709B40

square

#409B99 #6B409B #9B4042 #709B40

split-complementary

#409B99 #9B4070 #9B6B40

monochromatic

#1C4443 #2E706E #409B99 #5CBCBA #88CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#409B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#409B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B99

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B99	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.086 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b7',
    500: '#409b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b99;
$custom-light: #7fb9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.681,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63482,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B99

secondary

#B87E80

accent

#5659D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B99

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

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