#409D8D#409D8D

#409D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D8D
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -31.43, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 31.43, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0912 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.091 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9769, 27.1251, 29.4297)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D8D #9D4050

analogous

#409D5E #409D8D #407E9D

triadic

#409D8D #8D409D #9D8D40

tetradic

#409D8D #5E409D #9D4050 #7E9D40

square

#409D8D #5E409D #9D4050 #7E9D40

split-complementary

#409D8D #9D407E #9D5E40

monochromatic

#1D463F #2E7266 #409D8D #5DBDAD #89CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#409D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D8D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D8D	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebaae',
    500: '#409d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d8d;
$custom-light: #7ebaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63588,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D8D

secondary

#B97F89

accent

#566BD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D8D

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

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