#409EAE#409EAE

#409EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.090 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EAE
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -22.52, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 27.95, 216.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0777 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.09 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9780, 28.5974, 44.3978)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EAE #AE5040

analogous

#40AE87 #409EAE #4067AE

triadic

#409EAE #AE409E #9EAE40

tetradic

#409EAE #8740AE #AE5040 #67AE40

square

#409EAE #8740AE #AE5040 #67AE40

split-complementary

#409EAE #AE4067 #AE8740

monochromatic

#1F4D55 #307581 #409EAE #65B8C6 #92CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#409EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#409EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EAE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EAE	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.090 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbc6',
    500: '#409eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409eae;
$custom-light: #81bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65007,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EAE

secondary

#C29088

accent

#6552D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EAE

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

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