#409E8A#409E8A

#409E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.094 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E8A
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -32.69, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 32.76, 176.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0938 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.094 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9265, 27.3768, 28.3266)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E8A #9E4054

analogous

#409E5B #409E8A #40839E

triadic

#409E8A #8A409E #9E8A40

tetradic

#409E8A #5B409E #9E4054 #839E40

square

#409E8A #5B409E #9E4054 #839E40

split-complementary

#409E8A #9E4083 #9E5B40

monochromatic

#1D473E #2E7264 #409E8A #5EBEA9 #89CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#409E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#409E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E8A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E8A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.094 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebbac',
    500: '#409e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e8a;
$custom-light: #7ebbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.234,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63749,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E8A

secondary

#BA808C

accent

#5670D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E8A

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

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