#409E9B#409E9B

#409E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E9B
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -28.09, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 28.89, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0859 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.088 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2550, 27.9082, 35.3234)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E9B #9E4043

analogous

#409E6C #409E9B #40729E

triadic

#409E9B #9B409E #9E9B40

tetradic

#409E9B #6C409E #9E4043 #729E40

square

#409E9B #6C409E #9E4043 #729E40

split-complementary

#409E9B #9E4072 #9E6C40

monochromatic

#1D4746 #2E7270 #409E9B #5EBEBB #89CFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#409E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E9B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E9B	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)

#95979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbb8',
    500: '#409e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e9b;
$custom-light: #7fbbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.085,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64302,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E9B

secondary

#BA8082

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E9B

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

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