#409E8D#409E8D

#409E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.092 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E8D
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -31.91, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 31.91, 178.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0923 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.092 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1467, 27.4649, 29.4864)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E8D #9E4051

analogous

#409E5E #409E8D #40809E

triadic

#409E8D #8D409E #9E8D40

tetradic

#409E8D #5E409E #9E4051 #809E40

square

#409E8D #5E409E #9E4051 #809E40

split-complementary

#409E8D #9E4080 #9E5E40

monochromatic

#1D473F #2E7266 #409E8D #5EBEAC #89CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#409E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E8D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E8D	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.092 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbae',
    500: '#409e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e8d;
$custom-light: #7fbbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.149,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E8D

secondary

#BA808A

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E8D

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

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