#409F9E#409F9E

#409F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.088 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409F9E
RGB	rgb(64, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -27.74, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 28.82, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0857 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.088 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6814, 28.3527, 36.7238)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409F9E #9F4041

analogous

#409F6E #409F9E #40709F

triadic

#409F9E #9E409F #9F9E40

tetradic

#409F9E #6E409F #9F4041 #709F40

square

#409F9E #6E409F #9F4041 #709F40

split-complementary

#409F9E #9F4070 #9F6E40

monochromatic

#1D4847 #2E7373 #409F9E #5EBEBD #8AD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#409F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#409F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409F9E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409F9E	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)

#95989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.088 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbba',
    500: '#409f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409f9e;
$custom-light: #80bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.368,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64656,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409F9E

secondary

#BB8081

accent

#5557D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #409F9E

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

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