#409CA3#409CA3

#409CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA3
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -24.79, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 27.46, 205.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0802 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.087 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6109, 27.5091, 38.8668)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA3 #A34740

analogous

#40A378 #409CA3 #406BA3

triadic

#409CA3 #A3409C #9CA340

tetradic

#409CA3 #7840A3 #A34740 #6BA340

square

#409CA3 #7840A3 #A34740 #6BA340

split-complementary

#409CA3 #A3406B #A37840

monochromatic

#1D484B #2F7277 #409CA3 #60BAC0 #8CCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#409CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA3

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA3	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9be',
    500: '#409ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca3;
$custom-light: #80b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.242,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA3

secondary

#BD8682

accent

#5D54D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA3

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

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