#409ACD#409ACD

#409ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ACD
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -10.44, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 35.53, 252.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0618 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.114 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6851, 28.6063, 61.9664)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ACD #CD7340

analogous

#40CDB9 #409ACD #4054CD

triadic

#409ACD #CD409A #9ACD40

tetradic

#409ACD #B940CD #CD7340 #54CD40

square

#409ACD #B940CD #CD7340 #54CD40

split-complementary

#409ACD #CD4054 #CDB940

monochromatic

#1E5574 #2B79A5 #409ACD #71B4DA #A1CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#409ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#409ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ACD

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ACD	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7dc',
    500: '#409acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409acd;
$custom-light: #85b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65411,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ACD

secondary

#D3AC96

accent

#7E46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ACD

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

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