#409ABE#409ABE

#409ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.100 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ABE
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -15.38, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 30.64, 239.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0671 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.1 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9605, 27.9164, 52.8836)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ABE #BE6440

analogous

#40BEA3 #409ABE #405BBE

triadic

#409ABE #BE409A #9ABE40

tetradic

#409ABE #A340BE #BE6440 #5BBE40

square

#409ABE #A340BE #BE6440 #5BBE40

split-complementary

#409ABE #BE405B #BEA340

monochromatic

#215062 #317590 #409ABE #6DB2CE #9BCADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#409ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ABE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ABE	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.100 227.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64713,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ABE

secondary

#C9A190

accent

#764FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ABE

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

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