#409CAB#409CAB

#409CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.089 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CAB
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -22.40, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 27.49, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0768 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.089 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3505, 27.8050, 42.7619)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CAB #AB4F40

analogous

#40AB84 #409CAB #4066AB

triadic

#409CAB #AB409C #9CAB40

tetradic

#409CAB #8440AB #AB4F40 #66AB40

square

#409CAB #8440AB #AB4F40 #66AB40

split-complementary

#409CAB #AB4066 #AB8440

monochromatic

#1F4B52 #2F737E #409CAB #63B7C5 #90CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#409CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CAB

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CAB	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.089 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c4',
    500: '#409cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cab;
$custom-light: #81b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64399,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CAB

secondary

#C18E86

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CAB

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

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