#409B9B#409B9B

#409B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B9B
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -26.61, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 27.81, 196.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0826 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.086 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7495, 26.8972, 35.1549)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B9B #9B4040

analogous

#409B6D #409B9B #406D9B

triadic

#409B9B #9B409B #9B9B40

tetradic

#409B9B #6D409B #9B4040 #6D9B40

square

#409B9B #6D409B #9B4040 #6D9B40

split-complementary

#409B9B #9B406D #9B6D40

monochromatic

#1C4444 #2E7070 #409B9B #5CBCBC #88CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#409B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#409B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B9B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B9B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b8',
    500: '#409b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b9b;
$custom-light: #7fb9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B9B

secondary

#B87E7E

accent

#5656D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B9B

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

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