#409B9C#409B9C

#409B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B9C
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -26.32, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 27.70, 198.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0821 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.086 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8339, 26.9310, 35.5990)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B9C #9C4140

analogous

#409C6F #409B9C #406D9C

triadic

#409B9C #9C409B #9B9C40

tetradic

#409B9C #6F409C #9C4140 #6D9C40

square

#409B9C #6F409C #9C4140 #6D9C40

split-complementary

#409B9C #9C406D #9C6F40

monochromatic

#1C4545 #2E7071 #409B9C #5DBBBC #88CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#409B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#409B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B9C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B9C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b9',
    500: '#409b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b9c;
$custom-light: #7fb9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.652,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63588,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B9C

secondary

#B9807F

accent

#5856D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B9C

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

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