#409E96#409E96

#409E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.089 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E96
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -29.49, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 29.77, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0882 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.089 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8438, 27.7437, 33.1575)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E96 #9E4048

analogous

#409E67 #409E96 #40779E

triadic

#409E96 #96409E #9E9640

tetradic

#409E96 #67409E #9E4048 #779E40

square

#409E96 #67409E #9E4048 #779E40

split-complementary

#409E96 #9E4077 #9E6740

monochromatic

#1D4743 #2E726D #409E96 #5EBEB5 #89CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#409E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E96

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E96	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.089 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbb4',
    500: '#409e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e96;
$custom-light: #7fbbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E96

secondary

#BA8085

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E96

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

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