#409CA6#409CA6

#409CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA6
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -23.90, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 27.38, 209.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0789 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.087 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8829, 27.6179, 40.2992)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA6 #A64A40

analogous

#40A67D #409CA6 #4069A6

triadic

#409CA6 #A6409C #9CA640

tetradic

#409CA6 #7D40A6 #A64A40 #69A640

square

#409CA6 #7D40A6 #A64A40 #69A640

split-complementary

#409CA6 #A64069 #A67D40

monochromatic

#1E494E #2F727A #409CA6 #61B9C2 #8DCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#409CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA6	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)

#9096A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9c0',
    500: '#409ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca6;
$custom-light: #80b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA6

secondary

#BE8984

accent

#6054D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA6

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

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