#409D9A#409D9A

#409D9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.087 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9A
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -27.88, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 28.67, 193.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0853 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.087 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0015, 27.5350, 34.8263)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9A #9D4043

analogous

#409D6B #409D9A #40719D

triadic

#409D9A #9A409D #9D9A40

tetradic

#409D9A #6B409D #9D4043 #719D40

square

#409D9A #6B409D #9D4043 #719D40

split-complementary

#409D9A #9D4071 #9D6B40

monochromatic

#1D4645 #2E726F #409D9A #5DBDBA #89CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#409D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9A	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.087 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbab7',
    500: '#409d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9a;
$custom-light: #7fbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9A

secondary

#B97F81

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9A

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

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