#409D9B#409D9B

#409D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9B
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -27.60, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 28.52, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0848 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.087 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0852, 27.5684, 35.2667)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9B #9D4042

analogous

#409D6C #409D9B #40709D

triadic

#409D9B #9B409D #9D9B40

tetradic

#409D9B #6C409D #9D4042 #709D40

square

#409D9B #6C409D #9D4042 #709D40

split-complementary

#409D9B #9D4070 #9D6C40

monochromatic

#1D4645 #2E7270 #409D9B #5DBDBB #89CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#409D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9B	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbab8',
    500: '#409d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9b;
$custom-light: #7fbab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.71,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9B

secondary

#B97F81

accent

#5659D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9B

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

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