#409AC6#409AC6

#409AC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AC6
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -12.77, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 33.06, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0642 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.107 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8590, 28.2758, 57.6155)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AC6 #C66C40

analogous

#40C6AF #409AC6 #4057C6

triadic

#409AC6 #C6409A #9AC640

tetradic

#409AC6 #AF40C6 #C66C40 #57C640

square

#409AC6 #AF40C6 #C66C40 #57C640

split-complementary

#409AC6 #C64057 #C6AF40

monochromatic

#20536C #2E779B #409AC6 #6FB3D4 #9ECCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#409AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#409AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AC6

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AC6	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8498C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7d7',
    500: '#409ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ac6;
$custom-light: #84b7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AC6

secondary

#CEA793

accent

#7B4ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AC6

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

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