#409E97#409E97

#409E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E97
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -29.21, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 29.58, 189.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0877 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.089 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9247, 27.7760, 33.5834)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E97 #9E4047

analogous

#409E68 #409E97 #40769E

triadic

#409E97 #97409E #9E9740

tetradic

#409E97 #68409E #9E4047 #769E40

square

#409E97 #68409E #9E4047 #769E40

split-complementary

#409E97 #9E4076 #9E6840

monochromatic

#1D4744 #2E726D #409E97 #5EBEB6 #89CFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#409E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E97

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E97	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbb5',
    500: '#409e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e97;
$custom-light: #7fbbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.532,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64165,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E97

secondary

#BA8084

accent

#565FD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E97

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

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