#409AB8#409AB8

#409AB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.095 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AB8
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -17.31, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 29.17, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0694 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.095 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3182, 27.6595, 49.5007)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AB8 #B85E40

analogous

#40B89A #409AB8 #405EB8

triadic

#409AB8 #B8409A #9AB840

tetradic

#409AB8 #9A40B8 #B85E40 #5EB840

square

#409AB8 #9A40B8 #B85E40 #5EB840

split-complementary

#409AB8 #B8405E #B89A40

monochromatic

#204E5D #30748B #409AB8 #6AB3CB #97CADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#409AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AB8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AB8	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.095 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7cd',
    500: '#409ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ab8;
$custom-light: #82b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6445,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AB8

secondary

#C79B8D

accent

#7250D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AB8

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

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