#409EA9#409EA9

#409EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EA9
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -24.03, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 27.80, 210.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0798 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.089 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4996, 28.4060, 41.8783)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EA9 #A94B40

analogous

#40A97F #409EA9 #4069A9

triadic

#409EA9 #A9409E #9EA940

tetradic

#409EA9 #7F40A9 #A94B40 #69A940

square

#409EA9 #7F40A9 #A94B40 #69A940

split-complementary

#409EA9 #A94069 #A97F40

monochromatic

#1E4B50 #2F747D #409EA9 #62BAC4 #8FCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#409EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#409EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EA9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EA9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbc2',
    500: '#409ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ea9;
$custom-light: #81bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64813,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EA9

secondary

#C08B85

accent

#6153D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EA9

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

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