#409C8F#409C8F

#409C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C8F
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -30.42, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 30.45, 182.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0892 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.089 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9585, 26.8482, 30.1644)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C8F #9C404D

analogous

#409C61 #409C8F #407B9C

triadic

#409C8F #8F409C #9C8F40

tetradic

#409C8F #61409C #9C404D #7B9C40

square

#409C8F #61409C #9C404D #7B9C40

split-complementary

#409C8F #9C407B #9C6140

monochromatic

#1C453F #2E7167 #409C8F #5DBCAF #88CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#409C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#409C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C8F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C8F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9af',
    500: '#409c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c8f;
$custom-light: #7eb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.522,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C8F

secondary

#B97F87

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C8F

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

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