#409D79#409D79

#409D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D79
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -36.39, 10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 37.94, 163.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.1008 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.104 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6208, 26.5827, 22.2878)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D79 #9D4064

analogous

#409D4A #409D79 #40929D

triadic

#409D79 #79409D #9D7940

tetradic

#409D79 #4A409D #9D4064 #929D40

square

#409D79 #4A409D #9D4064 #929D40

split-complementary

#409D79 #9D4092 #9D4A40

monochromatic

#1D4636 #2E7257 #409D79 #5DBD98 #89CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#409D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#409D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D79

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D79	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eba9f',
    500: '#409d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d79;
$custom-light: #7eba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D79

secondary

#B97F96

accent

#5686D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D79

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

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