#409D9E#409D9E

#409D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9E
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -26.75, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 28.14, 198.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0835 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.087 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3402, 27.6705, 36.6101)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9E #9E4140

analogous

#409E70 #409D9E #406E9E

triadic

#409D9E #9E409D #9D9E40

tetradic

#409D9E #70409E #9E4140 #6E9E40

square

#409D9E #70409E #9E4140 #6E9E40

split-complementary

#409D9E #9E406E #9E7040

monochromatic

#1D4647 #2E7272 #409D9E #5EBDBE #89CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#409D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9E	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80baba',
    500: '#409d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9e;
$custom-light: #80baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.638,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9E

secondary

#BA8080

accent

#5756D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9E

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

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