#409E9A#409E9A

#409E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E9A
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -28.38, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 29.05, 192.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0864 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.088 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1714, 27.8747, 34.8829)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E9A #9E4044

analogous

#409E6B #409E9A #40739E

triadic

#409E9A #9A409E #9E9A40

tetradic

#409E9A #6B409E #9E4044 #739E40

square

#409E9A #6B409E #9E4044 #739E40

split-complementary

#409E9A #9E4073 #9E6B40

monochromatic

#1D4745 #2E7270 #409E9A #5EBEBA #89CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#409E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E9A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E9A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbb7',
    500: '#409e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e9a;
$custom-light: #7fbbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64268,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E9A

secondary

#BA8082

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E9A

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

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