#409C99#409C99

#409C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.087 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409C99
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -27.67, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 28.45, 193.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0846 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.087 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7501, 27.1648, 34.3333)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409C99 #9C4043

analogous

#409C6B #409C99 #40719C

triadic

#409C99 #99409C #9C9940

tetradic

#409C99 #6B409C #9C4043 #719C40

square

#409C99 #6B409C #9C4043 #719C40

split-complementary

#409C99 #9C4071 #9C6B40

monochromatic

#1C4544 #2E716E #409C99 #5DBCB9 #88CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#409C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409C99

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409C99	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.087 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9b7',
    500: '#409c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409c99;
$custom-light: #7fb9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409C99

secondary

#B97F81

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409C99

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

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