#409E9C#409E9C

#409E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.088 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E9C
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -27.81, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 28.74, 194.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0855 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.088 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3394, 27.9419, 35.7675)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E9C #9E4042

analogous

#409E6D #409E9C #40719E

triadic

#409E9C #9C409E #9E9C40

tetradic

#409E9C #6D409E #9E4042 #719E40

square

#409E9C #6D409E #9E4042 #719E40

split-complementary

#409E9C #9E4071 #9E6D40

monochromatic

#1D4746 #2E7271 #409E9C #5EBEBC #89CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#409E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E9C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E9C	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.088 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbb9',
    500: '#409e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e9c;
$custom-light: #80bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E9C

secondary

#BA8081

accent

#5658D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E9C

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

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