#409D8F#409D8F

#409D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D8F
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -30.90, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 30.91, 181.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0903 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.09 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1270, 27.1852, 30.2205)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D8F #9D404E

analogous

#409D60 #409D8F #407C9D

triadic

#409D8F #8F409D #9D8F40

tetradic

#409D8F #60409D #9D404E #7C9D40

square

#409D8F #60409D #9D404E #7C9D40

split-complementary

#409D8F #9D407C #9D6040

monochromatic

#1D4640 #2E7267 #409D8F #5DBDAF #89CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#409D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D8F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D8F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbaaf',
    500: '#409d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d8f;
$custom-light: #7fbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.968,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D8F

secondary

#B97F88

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D8F

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

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