#409E87#409E87

#409E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.096 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E87
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -33.45, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 33.66, 173.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0952 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.096 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7123, 27.2911, 27.1985)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E87 #9E4057

analogous

#409E58 #409E87 #40869E

triadic

#409E87 #87409E #9E8740

tetradic

#409E87 #58409E #9E4057 #869E40

square

#409E87 #58409E #9E4057 #869E40

split-complementary

#409E87 #9E4086 #9E5840

monochromatic

#1D473D #2E7262 #409E87 #5EBEA6 #89CFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#409E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#409E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E87

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E87	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.096 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebba9',
    500: '#409e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e87;
$custom-light: #7ebba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.319,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63659,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E87

secondary

#BA808E

accent

#5674D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E87

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

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