#409BA3#409BA3

#409BA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.086 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BA3
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -24.28, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 27.20, 206.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0791 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.086 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4438, 27.1749, 38.8111)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BA3 #A34840

analogous

#40A379 #409BA3 #406AA3

triadic

#409BA3 #A3409B #9BA340

tetradic

#409BA3 #7940A3 #A34840 #6AA340

square

#409BA3 #7940A3 #A34840 #6AA340

split-complementary

#409BA3 #A3406A #A37940

monochromatic

#1D474B #2F7177 #409BA3 #60B9C0 #8CCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#409BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BA3

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BA3	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.086 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8be',
    500: '#409ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ba3;
$custom-light: #80b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63845,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BA3

secondary

#BD8782

accent

#5F54D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BA3

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

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