#409EAB#409EAB

#409EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.089 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EAB
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -23.43, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 27.82, 212.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0789 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.089 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6888, 28.4817, 42.8747)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EAB #AB4D40

analogous

#40AB82 #409EAB #4068AB

triadic

#409EAB #AB409E #9EAB40

tetradic

#409EAB #8240AB #AB4D40 #68AB40

square

#409EAB #8240AB #AB4D40 #68AB40

split-complementary

#409EAB #AB4068 #AB8240

monochromatic

#1F4C52 #2F757E #409EAB #63B9C5 #90CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#409EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#409EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EAB

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EAB	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.089 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbc4',
    500: '#409eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409eab;
$custom-light: #81bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64889,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EAB

secondary

#C18D86

accent

#6253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EAB

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

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