#409C78#409C78

#409C78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.104 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C78
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 120)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 23.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -36.17, 10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 37.75, 163.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1001 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.104 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3913, 26.2213, 21.9104)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C78 #9C4064

analogous

#409C4A #409C78 #40929C

triadic

#409C78 #78409C #9C7840

tetradic

#409C78 #4A409C #9C4064 #929C40

square

#409C78 #4A409C #9C4064 #929C40

split-complementary

#409C78 #9C4092 #9C4A40

monochromatic

#1C4535 #2E7157 #409C78 #5DBC97 #88CEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#409C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#409C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C78

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C78	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.104 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dba9f',
    500: '#409c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c78;
$custom-light: #7dba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62726,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C78

secondary

#B97F96

accent

#5686D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C78

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

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