#409C98#409C98

#409C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.087 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C98
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -27.95, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 28.60, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.085 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.087 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6678, 27.1319, 33.9002)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C98 #9C4044

analogous

#409C6A #409C98 #40729C

triadic

#409C98 #98409C #9C9840

tetradic

#409C98 #6A409C #9C4044 #729C40

square

#409C98 #6A409C #9C4044 #729C40

split-complementary

#409C98 #9C4072 #9C6A40

monochromatic

#1C4543 #2E716E #409C98 #5DBCB8 #88CECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#409C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C98

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C98	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.087 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b6',
    500: '#409c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c98;
$custom-light: #7fb9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63698,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C98

secondary

#B97F81

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C98

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

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