#409BAB#409BAB

#409BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.088 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BAB
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -21.88, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 27.34, 216.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0757 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.088 211)
XYZ	xyz(21.1833, 27.4707, 42.7062)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BAB #AB5040

analogous

#40AB85 #409BAB #4065AB

triadic

#409BAB #AB409B #9BAB40

tetradic

#409BAB #8540AB #AB5040 #65AB40

square

#409BAB #8540AB #AB5040 #65AB40

split-complementary

#409BAB #AB4065 #AB8540

monochromatic

#1F4A52 #2F737E #409BAB #63B6C5 #90CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#409BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BAB

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BAB	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.088 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8c4',
    500: '#409bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bab;
$custom-light: #81b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.972,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.27473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BAB

secondary

#C18F86

accent

#6653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BAB

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

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