#409D9F#409D9F

#409D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409D9F
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -26.46, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 28.03, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.083 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.087 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4266, 27.7050, 37.0653)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409D9F #9F4240

analogous

#409F71 #409D9F #406D9F

triadic

#409D9F #9F409D #9D9F40

tetradic

#409D9F #71409F #9F4240 #6D9F40

square

#409D9F #71409F #9F4240 #6D9F40

split-complementary

#409D9F #9F406D #9F7140

monochromatic

#1D4748 #2E7273 #409D9F #5EBCBE #8ACED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#409D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409D9F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409D9F	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80babb',
    500: '#409d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409d9f;
$custom-light: #80babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.263,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409D9F

secondary

#BB8280

accent

#5855D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #409D9F

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

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