#409BA5#409BA5

#409BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BA5
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -23.69, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 27.17, 209.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0782 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.086 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6244, 27.2472, 39.7623)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BA5 #A54A40

analogous

#40A57D #409BA5 #4068A5

triadic

#409BA5 #A5409B #9BA540

tetradic

#409BA5 #7D40A5 #A54A40 #68A540

square

#409BA5 #7D40A5 #A54A40 #68A540

split-complementary

#409BA5 #A54068 #A57D40

monochromatic

#1E484D #2F7279 #409BA5 #61B8C2 #8DCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#409BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BA5

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BA5	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8bf',
    500: '#409ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ba5;
$custom-light: #80b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63921,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BA5

secondary

#BE8983

accent

#6154D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BA5

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

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