#409BA8#409BA8

#409BA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.087 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BA8
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -22.79, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 27.20, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0769 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.087 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9006, 27.3577, 41.2173)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BA8 #A84D40

analogous

#40A881 #409BA8 #4067A8

triadic

#409BA8 #A8409B #9BA840

tetradic

#409BA8 #8140A8 #A84D40 #67A840

square

#409BA8 #8140A8 #A84D40 #67A840

split-complementary

#409BA8 #A84067 #A88140

monochromatic

#1E494F #2F727C #409BA8 #62B7C3 #8ECBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#409BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#409BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BA8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BA8	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.087 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b8c1',
    500: '#409ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ba8;
$custom-light: #80b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64036,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BA8

secondary

#BF8C85

accent

#6353D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BA8

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

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