#409D8A#409D8A

#409D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.093 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D8A
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -32.21, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 32.26, 176.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0926 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.093 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7567, 27.0370, 28.2700)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D8A #9D4053

analogous

#409D5B #409D8A #40819D

triadic

#409D8A #8A409D #9D8A40

tetradic

#409D8A #5B409D #9D4053 #819D40

square

#409D8A #5B409D #9D4053 #819D40

split-complementary

#409D8A #9D4081 #9D5B40

monochromatic

#1D463E #2E7264 #409D8A #5DBDA9 #89CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#409D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#409D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D8A	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.093 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebaac',
    500: '#409d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d8a;
$custom-light: #7ebaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.742,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D8A

secondary

#B97F8B

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D8A

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

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