#409E98#409E98

#409E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.088 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E98
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -28.93, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 29.39, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0873 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.088 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0062, 27.8087, 34.0129)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E98 #9E4046

analogous

#409E69 #409E98 #40759E

triadic

#409E98 #98409E #9E9840

tetradic

#409E98 #69409E #9E4046 #759E40

square

#409E98 #69409E #9E4046 #759E40

split-complementary

#409E98 #9E4075 #9E6940

monochromatic

#1D4744 #2E726E #409E98 #5EBEB7 #89CFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#409E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E98

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E98	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)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.088 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbb6',
    500: '#409e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e98;
$custom-light: #7fbbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64199,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E98

secondary

#BA8084

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E98

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

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