#409EA6#409EA6

#409EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.088 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EA6
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -24.92, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 27.85, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0811 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.088 203)
XYZ	xyz(21.2212, 28.2947, 40.4120)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EA6 #A64840

analogous

#40A67B #409EA6 #406BA6

triadic

#409EA6 #A6409E #9EA640

tetradic

#409EA6 #7B40A6 #A64840 #6BA640

square

#409EA6 #7B40A6 #A64840 #6BA640

split-complementary

#409EA6 #A6406B #A67B40

monochromatic

#1E4A4E #2F747A #409EA6 #61BBC2 #8DCED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#409EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#409EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EA6

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EA6	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.088 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbc0',
    500: '#409ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ea6;
$custom-light: #80bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64699,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.28297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EA6

secondary

#BE8884

accent

#5E54D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EA6

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

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