#409CA8#409CA8

#409CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA8
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -23.31, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 27.39, 211.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.078 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.088 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0677, 27.6919, 41.2730)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA8 #A84C40

analogous

#40A880 #409CA8 #4068A8

triadic

#409CA8 #A8409C #9CA840

tetradic

#409CA8 #8040A8 #A84C40 #68A840

square

#409CA8 #8040A8 #A84C40 #68A840

split-complementary

#409CA8 #A84068 #A88040

monochromatic

#1E4A4F #2F737C #409CA8 #62B8C3 #8ECCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#409CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA8	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9c1',
    500: '#409ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca8;
$custom-light: #80b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64282,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA8

secondary

#BF8B85

accent

#6253D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA8

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

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