#409ACE#409ACE

#409ACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409ACE
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -10.11, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 35.90, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0615 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.115 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8062, 28.6547, 62.6041)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409ACE #CE7440

analogous

#40CEBB #409ACE #4053CE

triadic

#409ACE #CE409A #9ACE40

tetradic

#409ACE #BB40CE #CE7440 #53CE40

square

#409ACE #BB40CE #CE7440 #53CE40

split-complementary

#409ACE #CE4053 #CEBB40

monochromatic

#1E5575 #2B79A6 #409ACE #71B4DA #A1CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#409ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#409ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409ACE

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409ACE	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7dd',
    500: '#409ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ace;
$custom-light: #85b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409ACE

secondary

#D4AD96

accent

#7F45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409ACE

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

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