#409E9F#409E9F

#409E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.088 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409E9F
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -26.96, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 28.36, 198.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0841 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.088 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5965, 28.0448, 37.1219)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409E9F #9F4140

analogous

#409F70 #409E9F #406E9F

triadic

#409E9F #9F409E #9E9F40

tetradic

#409E9F #70409F #9F4140 #6E9F40

square

#409E9F #70409F #9F4140 #6E9F40

split-complementary

#409E9F #9F406E #9F7040

monochromatic

#1D4748 #2E7373 #409E9F #5EBDBE #8ACFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#409E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#409E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409E9F

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409E9F	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.088 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbbb',
    500: '#409e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409e9f;
$custom-light: #80bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.632,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409E9F

secondary

#BB8180

accent

#5755D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409E9F

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

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