#409CAE#409CAE

#409CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.090 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CAE
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -21.49, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 27.69, 219.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0755 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.09 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6397, 27.9206, 44.2850)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CAE #AE5240

analogous

#40AE89 #409CAE #4065AE

triadic

#409CAE #AE409C #9CAE40

tetradic

#409CAE #8940AE #AE5240 #65AE40

square

#409CAE #8940AE #AE5240 #65AE40

split-complementary

#409CAE #AE4065 #AE8940

monochromatic

#1F4C55 #307481 #409CAE #65B6C6 #92CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#409CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CAE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CAE	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.090 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c6',
    500: '#409cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cae;
$custom-light: #81b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64518,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CAE

secondary

#C29188

accent

#6852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CAE

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

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