#409E8F#409E8F

#409E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E8F
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -31.38, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 31.38, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0914 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.091 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2969, 27.5249, 30.2772)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E8F #9E404F

analogous

#409E60 #409E8F #407E9E

triadic

#409E8F #8F409E #9E8F40

tetradic

#409E8F #60409E #9E404F #7E9E40

square

#409E8F #60409E #9E404F #7E9E40

split-complementary

#409E8F #9E407E #9E6040

monochromatic

#1D4740 #2E7268 #409E8F #5EBEAE #89CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#409E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E8F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E8F	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbaf',
    500: '#409e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e8f;
$custom-light: #7fbbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.426,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63904,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E8F

secondary

#BA8089

accent

#566AD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E8F

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

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