#409ABB#409ABB

#409ABB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.098 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ABB
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -16.35, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 29.86, 236.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0682 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.098 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6360, 27.7866, 51.1745)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ABB #BB6140

analogous

#40BB9F #409ABB #405CBB

triadic

#409ABB #BB409A #9ABB40

tetradic

#409ABB #9F40BB #BB6140 #5CBB40

square

#409ABB #9F40BB #BB6140 #5CBB40

split-complementary

#409ABB #BB405C #BB9F40

monochromatic

#214F60 #30748D #409ABB #6CB3CD #99CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#409ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ABB

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ABB	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.098 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7cf',
    500: '#409abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409abb;
$custom-light: #82b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6458,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ABB

secondary

#C89E8F

accent

#744FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ABB

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

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