#409C97#409C97

#409C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.087 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C97
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -28.23, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 28.77, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0855 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.087 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5863, 27.0993, 33.4706)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C97 #9C4045

analogous

#409C69 #409C97 #40739C

triadic

#409C97 #97409C #9C9740

tetradic

#409C97 #69409C #9C4045 #739C40

square

#409C97 #69409C #9C4045 #739C40

split-complementary

#409C97 #9C4073 #9C6940

monochromatic

#1C4543 #2E716D #409C97 #5DBCB7 #88CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#409C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C97

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C97	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.087 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b5',
    500: '#409c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c97;
$custom-light: #7fb9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C97

secondary

#B97F82

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C97

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

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