#409C8D#409C8D

#409C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.090 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C8D
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -30.95, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 30.95, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0901 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.09 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8084, 26.7881, 29.3736)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C8D #9C404F

analogous

#409C5F #409C8D #407D9C

triadic

#409C8D #8D409C #9C8D40

tetradic

#409C8D #5F409C #9C404F #7D9C40

square

#409C8D #5F409C #9C404F #7D9C40

split-complementary

#409C8D #9C407D #9C5F40

monochromatic

#1C453F #2E7166 #409C8D #5DBCAD #88CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#409C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#409C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C8D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C8D	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.090 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9ae',
    500: '#409c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c8d;
$custom-light: #7eb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.217,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C8D

secondary

#B97F88

accent

#566AD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C8D

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

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