#409CA9#409CA9

#409CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CA9
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -23.01, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 27.41, 212.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0776 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.088 208)
XYZ	xyz(21.1613, 27.7293, 41.7655)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CA9 #A94D40

analogous

#40A981 #409CA9 #4067A9

triadic

#409CA9 #A9409C #9CA940

tetradic

#409CA9 #8140A9 #A94D40 #67A940

square

#409CA9 #8140A9 #A94D40 #67A940

split-complementary

#409CA9 #A94067 #A98140

monochromatic

#1E4A50 #2F737D #409CA9 #62B8C4 #8FCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#409CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CA9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CA9	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c2',
    500: '#409ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ca9;
$custom-light: #81b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64321,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.27731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CA9

secondary

#C08C85

accent

#6353D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CA9

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

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