#409CA5#409CA5

#409CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA5
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -24.20, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 27.39, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0793 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.087 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7915, 27.5814, 39.8180)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA5 #A54940

analogous

#40A57C #409CA5 #4069A5

triadic

#409CA5 #A5409C #9CA540

tetradic

#409CA5 #7C40A5 #A54940 #69A540

square

#409CA5 #7C40A5 #A54940 #69A540

split-complementary

#409CA5 #A54069 #A57C40

monochromatic

#1E494D #2F7279 #409CA5 #61B9C2 #8DCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#409CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA5	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9bf',
    500: '#409ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca5;
$custom-light: #80b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.347,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA5

secondary

#BE8883

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA5

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

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