#409AAD#409AAD

#409AAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.089 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AAD
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -20.75, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 27.39, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0738 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.089 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2097, 27.2161, 43.6625)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AAD #AD5340

analogous

#40AD8A #409AAD #4064AD

triadic

#409AAD #AD409A #9AAD40

tetradic

#409AAD #8A40AD #AD5340 #64AD40

square

#409AAD #8A40AD #AD5340 #64AD40

split-complementary

#409AAD #AD4064 #AD8A40

monochromatic

#1F4A54 #2F7280 #409AAD #64B5C6 #91CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#409AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AAD

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AAD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.089 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8c5',
    500: '#409aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aad;
$custom-light: #81b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6399,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AAD

secondary

#C29187

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AAD

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

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