#409AB5#409AB5

#409AB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.093 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AB5
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -18.26, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 28.55, 230.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0706 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.093 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0071, 27.5351, 47.8621)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AB5 #B55B40

analogous

#40B595 #409AB5 #405FB5

triadic

#409AB5 #B5409A #9AB540

tetradic

#409AB5 #9540B5 #B55B40 #5FB540

square

#409AB5 #9540B5 #B55B40 #5FB540

split-complementary

#409AB5 #B5405F #B59540

monochromatic

#204D5B #307488 #409AB5 #68B3CA #96CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#409AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#409AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AB5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AB5	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.093 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8cb',
    500: '#409ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ab5;
$custom-light: #82b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64321,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AB5

secondary

#C5998B

accent

#7050D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AB5

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

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