#409C8A#409C8A

#409C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.092 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C8A
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -31.74, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 31.76, 177.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0915 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.092 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5882, 26.7000, 28.2139)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C8A #9C4052

analogous

#409C5C #409C8A #40809C

triadic

#409C8A #8A409C #9C8A40

tetradic

#409C8A #5C409C #9C4052 #809C40

square

#409C8A #5C409C #9C4052 #809C40

split-complementary

#409C8A #9C4080 #9C5C40

monochromatic

#1C453D #2E7164 #409C8A #5DBCAA #88CEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#409C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#409C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C8A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C8A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.092 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9ac',
    500: '#409c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c8a;
$custom-light: #7eb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C8A

secondary

#B97F8A

accent

#566ED2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C8A

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

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