#409D8B#409D8B

#409D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.092 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D8B
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -31.95, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 31.98, 177.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0922 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.092 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8294, 27.0661, 28.6531)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D8B #9D4052

analogous

#409D5C #409D8B #40809D

triadic

#409D8B #8B409D #9D8B40

tetradic

#409D8B #5C409D #9D4052 #809D40

square

#409D8B #5C409D #9D4052 #809D40

split-complementary

#409D8B #9D4080 #9D5C40

monochromatic

#1D463E #2E7265 #409D8B #5DBDAA #89CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#409D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D8B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D8B	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.092 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebaac',
    500: '#409d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d8b;
$custom-light: #7ebaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D8B

secondary

#B97F8B

accent

#566ED2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D8B

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

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