#409CAA#409CAA

#409CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.088 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CAA
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -22.70, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 27.44, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0772 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.088 209)
XYZ	xyz(21.2555, 27.7670, 42.2618)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CAA #AA4E40

analogous

#40AA83 #409CAA #4067AA

triadic

#409CAA #AA409C #9CAA40

tetradic

#409CAA #8340AA #AA4E40 #67AA40

square

#409CAA #8340AA #AA4E40 #67AA40

split-complementary

#409CAA #AA4067 #AA8340

monochromatic

#1F4A51 #2F737E #409CAA #63B7C4 #8FCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#409CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CAA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CAA	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#8F96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.088 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c3',
    500: '#409caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409caa;
$custom-light: #81b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.27769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CAA

secondary

#C08D86

accent

#6453D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CAA

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

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