#409D99#409D99

#409D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.087 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D99
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -28.16, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 28.83, 192.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0857 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.087 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9186, 27.5018, 34.3895)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D99 #9D4044

analogous

#409D6A #409D99 #40729D

triadic

#409D99 #99409D #9D9940

tetradic

#409D99 #6A409D #9D4044 #729D40

square

#409D99 #6A409D #9D4044 #729D40

split-complementary

#409D99 #9D4072 #9D6A40

monochromatic

#1D4644 #2E726F #409D99 #5DBDB9 #89CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#409D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D99

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D99	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.087 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbab7',
    500: '#409d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d99;
$custom-light: #7fbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.419,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63983,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D99

secondary

#B97F82

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D99

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

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