#409E8E#409E8E

#409E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.092 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E8E
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -31.64, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 31.64, 179.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0919 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.092 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2215, 27.4948, 29.8800)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E8E #9E4050

analogous

#409E5F #409E8E #407F9E

triadic

#409E8E #8E409E #9E8E40

tetradic

#409E8E #5F409E #9E4050 #7F9E40

square

#409E8E #5F409E #9E4050 #7F9E40

split-complementary

#409E8E #9E407F #9E5F40

monochromatic

#1D4740 #2E7267 #409E8E #5EBEAD #89CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#409E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E8E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E8E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.092 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbaf',
    500: '#409e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e8e;
$custom-light: #7fbbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63872,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E8E

secondary

#BA808A

accent

#566BD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E8E

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

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