#409D9D#409D9D

#409D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9D
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -27.03, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 28.26, 196.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0839 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.087 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2545, 27.6362, 36.1586)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9D #9D4040

analogous

#409D6E #409D9D #406E9D

triadic

#409D9D #9D409D #9D9D40

tetradic

#409D9D #6E409D #9D4040 #6E9D40

square

#409D9D #6E409D #9D4040 #6E9D40

split-complementary

#409D9D #9D406E #9D6E40

monochromatic

#1D4646 #2E7272 #409D9D #5DBDBD #89CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#409D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9D	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bab9',
    500: '#409d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9d;
$custom-light: #80bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64123,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9D

secondary

#B97F7F

accent

#5656D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9D

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

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