#409AC9#409AC9

#409AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AC9
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -11.78, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 34.08, 249.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0632 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.11 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2084, 28.4156, 59.4559)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AC9 #C96F40

analogous

#40C9B4 #409AC9 #4056C9

triadic

#409AC9 #C9409A #9AC940

tetradic

#409AC9 #B440C9 #C96F40 #56C940

square

#409AC9 #B440C9 #C96F40 #56C940

split-complementary

#409AC9 #C94056 #C9B440

monochromatic

#1F546F #2D789F #409AC9 #70B3D6 #9FCCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#409AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#409AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AC9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AC9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7d9',
    500: '#409ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ac9;
$custom-light: #84b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AC9

secondary

#D0A994

accent

#7C49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AC9

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

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