#409C96#409C96

#409C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.087 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C96
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -28.51, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 28.95, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0859 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.087 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5054, 27.0670, 33.0447)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C96 #9C4046

analogous

#409C68 #409C96 #40749C

triadic

#409C96 #96409C #9C9640

tetradic

#409C96 #68409C #9C4046 #749C40

square

#409C96 #68409C #9C4046 #749C40

split-complementary

#409C96 #9C4074 #9C6840

monochromatic

#1C4543 #2E716C #409C96 #5DBCB6 #88CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#409C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C96

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C96	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.087 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b4',
    500: '#409c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c96;
$custom-light: #7fb9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63629,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C96

secondary

#B97F83

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C96

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

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