#409ABD#409ABD

#409ABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ABD
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -15.70, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 30.37, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0675 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.099 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8516, 27.8729, 52.3099)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ABD #BD6340

analogous

#40BDA2 #409ABD #405CBD

triadic

#409ABD #BD409A #9ABD40

tetradic

#409ABD #A240BD #BD6340 #5CBD40

square

#409ABD #A240BD #BD6340 #5CBD40

split-complementary

#409ABD #BD405C #BDA240

monochromatic

#214F62 #31758F #409ABD #6DB2CD #9ACADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#409ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ABD

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ABD	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7d1',
    500: '#409abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409abd;
$custom-light: #83b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64669,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ABD

secondary

#C9A090

accent

#764FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ABD

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

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