#409E8B#409E8B

#409E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.093 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E8B
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -32.43, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 32.47, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0933 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.093 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9993, 27.4059, 28.7097)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E8B #9E4053

analogous

#409E5C #409E8B #40829E

triadic

#409E8B #8B409E #9E8B40

tetradic

#409E8B #5C409E #9E4053 #829E40

square

#409E8B #5C409E #9E4053 #829E40

split-complementary

#409E8B #9E4082 #9E5C40

monochromatic

#1D473E #2E7265 #409E8B #5EBEAA #89CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#409E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#409E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E8B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E8B	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)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.093 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebbac',
    500: '#409e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e8b;
$custom-light: #7ebbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.872,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E8B

secondary

#BA808C

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E8B

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

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