#409CA4#409CA4

#409CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA4
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -24.50, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 27.42, 206.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0797 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.087 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7008, 27.5451, 39.3405)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA4 #A44840

analogous

#40A47A #409CA4 #406AA4

triadic

#409CA4 #A4409C #9CA440

tetradic

#409CA4 #7A40A4 #A44840 #6AA440

square

#409CA4 #7A40A4 #A44840 #6AA440

split-complementary

#409CA4 #A4406A #A47A40

monochromatic

#1E484C #2F7278 #409CA4 #60B9C1 #8CCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#409CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA4

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA4	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9bf',
    500: '#409ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca4;
$custom-light: #80b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6413,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA4

secondary

#BD8783

accent

#5E54D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA4

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

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