#409AAE#409AAE

#409AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.089 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AAE
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -20.44, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 27.50, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0734 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.089 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3068, 27.2550, 44.1740)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AAE #AE5440

analogous

#40AE8B #409AAE #4063AE

triadic

#409AAE #AE409A #9AAE40

tetradic

#409AAE #8B40AE #AE5440 #63AE40

square

#409AAE #8B40AE #AE5440 #63AE40

split-complementary

#409AAE #AE4063 #AE8B40

monochromatic

#1F4B55 #307281 #409AAE #65B5C6 #92CAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#409AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#409AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AAE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AAE	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.089 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8c6',
    500: '#409aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aae;
$custom-light: #81b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6403,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AAE

secondary

#C29288

accent

#6A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AAE

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

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