#409ABC#409ABC

#409ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.098 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ABC
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -16.03, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 30.11, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0679 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.098 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7434, 27.8296, 51.7402)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ABC #BC6240

analogous

#40BCA0 #409ABC #405CBC

triadic

#409ABC #BC409A #9ABC40

tetradic

#409ABC #A040BC #BC6240 #5CBC40

square

#409ABC #A040BC #BC6240 #5CBC40

split-complementary

#409ABC #BC405C #BCA040

monochromatic

#214F61 #30758E #409ABC #6CB2CD #9ACADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#409ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#409ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ABC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ABC	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.098 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7d0',
    500: '#409abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409abc;
$custom-light: #82b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64624,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ABC

secondary

#C99F8F

accent

#754FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ABC

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

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