#409C79#409C79

#409C79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C79
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 121)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 22.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -35.94, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 37.38, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0997 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.103 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4523, 26.2457, 22.2317)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C79 #9C4063

analogous

#409C4B #409C79 #40919C

triadic

#409C79 #79409C #9C7940

tetradic

#409C79 #4B409C #9C4063 #919C40

square

#409C79 #4B409C #9C4063 #919C40

split-complementary

#409C79 #9C4091 #9C4B40

monochromatic

#1C4536 #2E7157 #409C79 #5DBC98 #88CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#409C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#409C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C79	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eba9f',
    500: '#409c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c79;
$custom-light: #7eba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.174,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62752,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C79

secondary

#B97F95

accent

#5685D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C79

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

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