#409BAC#409BAC

#409BAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BAC
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -21.58, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 27.41, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0753 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.089 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2790, 27.5090, 43.2101)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BAC #AC5140

analogous

#40AC87 #409BAC #4065AC

triadic

#409BAC #AC409B #9BAC40

tetradic

#409BAC #8740AC #AC5140 #65AC40

square

#409BAC #8740AC #AC5140 #65AC40

split-complementary

#409BAC #AC4065 #AC8740

monochromatic

#1F4B53 #2F737F #409BAC #64B6C5 #91CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#409BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BAC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BAC	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 211.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BAC

secondary

#C19087

accent

#6752D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BAC

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

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