#409C8B#409C8B

#409C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.091 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C8B
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -31.48, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 31.49, 178.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0911 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.091 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6609, 26.7291, 28.5969)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C8B #9C4051

analogous

#409C5D #409C8B #407F9C

triadic

#409C8B #8B409C #9C8B40

tetradic

#409C8B #5D409C #9C4051 #7F9C40

square

#409C8B #5D409C #9C4051 #7F9C40

split-complementary

#409C8B #9C407F #9C5D40

monochromatic

#1C453E #2E7164 #409C8B #5DBCAB #88CEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#409C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#409C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C8B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C8B	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.091 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9ac',
    500: '#409c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c8b;
$custom-light: #7eb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.913,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C8B

secondary

#B97F8A

accent

#566DD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C8B

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

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