#409EA8#409EA8

#409EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.088 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EA8
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -24.33, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 27.80, 208.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0802 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.088 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4061, 28.3686, 41.3858)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EA8 #A84A40

analogous

#40A87E #409EA8 #406AA8

triadic

#409EA8 #A8409E #9EA840

tetradic

#409EA8 #7E40A8 #A84A40 #6AA840

square

#409EA8 #7E40A8 #A84A40 #6AA840

split-complementary

#409EA8 #A8406A #A87E40

monochromatic

#1E4B4F #2F747C #409EA8 #62BAC3 #8ECDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#409EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#409EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EA8

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EA8	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.088 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbc1',
    500: '#409ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ea8;
$custom-light: #81bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64774,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EA8

secondary

#BF8A85

accent

#6053D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EA8

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

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