#409B9D#409B9D

#409B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409B9D
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -26.03, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 27.59, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0817 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.086 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9189, 26.9650, 36.0468)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409B9D #9D4240

analogous

#409D70 #409B9D #406C9D

triadic

#409B9D #9D409B #9B9D40

tetradic

#409B9D #70409D #9D4240 #6C9D40

square

#409B9D #70409D #9D4240 #6C9D40

split-complementary

#409B9D #9D406C #9D7040

monochromatic

#1D4546 #2E7072 #409B9D #5DBBBD #89CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#409B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#409B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409B9D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409B9D	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b9',
    500: '#409b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409b9d;
$custom-light: #7fb9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63624,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409B9D

secondary

#B9817F

accent

#5956D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409B9D

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

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