#409E9D#409E9D

#409E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.088 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E9D
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -27.53, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 28.60, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.085 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.088 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4244, 27.9759, 36.2153)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E9D #9E4041

analogous

#409E6E #409E9D #40709E

triadic

#409E9D #9D409E #9E9D40

tetradic

#409E9D #6E409E #9E4041 #709E40

square

#409E9D #6E409E #9E4041 #709E40

split-complementary

#409E9D #9E4070 #9E6E40

monochromatic

#1D4746 #2E7272 #409E9D #5EBEBD #89CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#409E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#409E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E9D

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E9D	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.088 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbb9',
    500: '#409e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e9d;
$custom-light: #80bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.362,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E9D

secondary

#BA8080

accent

#5657D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E9D

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

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