#409FAE#409FAE

#409FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409FAE
RGB	rgb(64, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -23.04, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 28.10, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0787 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.091 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1493, 28.9399, 44.4549)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409FAE #AE4F40

analogous

#40AE86 #409FAE #4068AE

triadic

#409FAE #AE409F #9FAE40

tetradic

#409FAE #8640AE #AE4F40 #68AE40

square

#409FAE #8640AE #AE4F40 #68AE40

split-complementary

#409FAE #AE4068 #AE8640

monochromatic

#1F4D55 #307681 #409FAE #65B9C6 #92CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#409FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#409FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409FAE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409FAE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 209.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65251,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409FAE

secondary

#C29088

accent

#6452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #409FAE

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

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