#409E79#409E79

#409E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E79
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -36.84, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 38.50, 163.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1019 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.106 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7907, 26.9224, 22.3444)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E79 #9E4065

analogous

#409E4A #409E79 #40949E

triadic

#409E79 #79409E #9E7940

tetradic

#409E79 #4A409E #9E4065 #949E40

square

#409E79 #4A409E #9E4065 #949E40

split-complementary

#409E79 #9E4094 #9E4A40

monochromatic

#1D4736 #2E7258 #409E79 #5EBE98 #89CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#409E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#409E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E79

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E79	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebb9f',
    500: '#409e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e79;
$custom-light: #7ebb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.383,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E79

secondary

#BA8097

accent

#5687D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E79

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

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