#409ABA#409ABA

#409ABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.097 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ABA
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -16.67, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 29.62, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0686 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.097 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5293, 27.7440, 50.6126)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ABA #BA6040

analogous

#40BA9D #409ABA #405DBA

triadic

#409ABA #BA409A #9ABA40

tetradic

#409ABA #9D40BA #BA6040 #5DBA40

square

#409ABA #9D40BA #BA6040 #5DBA40

split-complementary

#409ABA #BA405D #BA9D40

monochromatic

#214F5F #30748C #409ABA #6BB3CC #99CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#409ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#409ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ABA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ABA	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.097 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7ce',
    500: '#409aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409aba;
$custom-light: #82b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64537,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ABA

secondary

#C89D8E

accent

#734FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ABA

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

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