#409EAC#409EAC

#409EAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.090 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EAC
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -23.13, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 27.85, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0785 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.09 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7845, 28.5200, 43.3786)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EAC #AC4E40

analogous

#40AC84 #409EAC #4068AC

triadic

#409EAC #AC409E #9EAC40

tetradic

#409EAC #8440AC #AC4E40 #68AC40

square

#409EAC #8440AC #AC4E40 #68AC40

split-complementary

#409EAC #AC4068 #AC8440

monochromatic

#1F4C53 #2F757F #409EAC #64B9C5 #91CDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#409EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#409EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EAC

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EAC	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#9198AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.090 208.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64928,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EAC

secondary

#C18E87

accent

#6352D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EAC

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

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