#409C8E#409C8E

#409C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.090 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C8E
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -30.68, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 30.70, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0896 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.09 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8831, 26.8180, 29.7672)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C8E #9C404E

analogous

#409C60 #409C8E #407C9C

triadic

#409C8E #8E409C #9C8E40

tetradic

#409C8E #60409C #9C404E #7C9C40

square

#409C8E #60409C #9C404E #7C9C40

split-complementary

#409C8E #9C407C #9C6040

monochromatic

#1C453F #2E7166 #409C8E #5DBCAE #88CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#409C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#409C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C8E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C8E	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)

#95948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.090 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9af',
    500: '#409c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c8e;
$custom-light: #7eb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C8E

secondary

#B97F88

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C8E

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

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