#409D9C#409D9C

#409D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9C
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -27.32, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 28.38, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0843 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.087 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1695, 27.6022, 35.7109)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9C #9D4041

analogous

#409D6D #409D9C #406F9D

triadic

#409D9C #9C409D #9D9C40

tetradic

#409D9C #6D409D #9D4041 #6F9D40

square

#409D9C #6D409D #9D4041 #6F9D40

split-complementary

#409D9C #9D406F #9D6D40

monochromatic

#1D4646 #2E7271 #409D9C #5DBDBC #89CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#409D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9C	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbab9',
    500: '#409d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9c;
$custom-light: #7fbab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.355,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64087,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9C

secondary

#B97F80

accent

#5657D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9C

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

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