#409AC4#409AC4

#409AC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.105 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AC4
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -13.43, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 32.41, 245.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0649 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.105 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6298, 28.1842, 56.4086)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AC4 #C46A40

analogous

#40C4AC #409AC4 #4058C4

triadic

#409AC4 #C4409A #9AC440

tetradic

#409AC4 #AC40C4 #C46A40 #58C440

square

#409AC4 #AC40C4 #C46A40 #58C440

split-complementary

#409AC4 #C44058 #C4AC40

monochromatic

#205269 #2F7698 #409AC4 #6FB3D2 #9ECBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#409AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#409AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AC4

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AC4	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.105 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7d6',
    500: '#409ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ac4;
$custom-light: #84b7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AC4

secondary

#CDA593

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AC4

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

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