#409BA4#409BA4

#409BA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BA4
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -23.99, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 27.18, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0786 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.086 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5337, 27.2109, 39.2848)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BA4 #A44940

analogous

#40A47B #409BA4 #4069A4

triadic

#409BA4 #A4409B #9BA440

tetradic

#409BA4 #7B40A4 #A44940 #69A440

square

#409BA4 #7B40A4 #A44940 #69A440

split-complementary

#409BA4 #A44069 #A47B40

monochromatic

#1E484C #2F7178 #409BA4 #60B8C1 #8CCCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#409BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BA4

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BA4	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)

#8F95A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8bf',
    500: '#409ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ba4;
$custom-light: #80b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63883,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BA4

secondary

#BD8883

accent

#6054D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BA4

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

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