#409D8E#409D8E

#409D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D8E
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -31.16, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 31.17, 180.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0908 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.091 181)
XYZ	xyz(19.0516, 27.1550, 29.8234)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D8E #9D404F

analogous

#409D60 #409D8E #407D9D

triadic

#409D8E #8E409D #9D8E40

tetradic

#409D8E #60409D #9D404F #7D9D40

square

#409D8E #60409D #9D404F #7D9D40

split-complementary

#409D8E #9D407D #9D6040

monochromatic

#1D463F #2E7267 #409D8E #5DBDAE #89CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#409D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#409D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D8E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D8E	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)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbaaf',
    500: '#409d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d8e;
$custom-light: #7fbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63619,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.27157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D8E

secondary

#B97F89

accent

#566AD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D8E

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

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