#409AD9#409AD9

#409AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409AD9
RGB	rgb(64, 154, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 29%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -6.38, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 40.33, 260.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.058 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.127 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1895, 29.2080, 69.8897)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409AD9 #D97F40

analogous

#40D9CC #409AD9 #404DD9

triadic

#409AD9 #D9409A #9AD940

tetradic

#409AD9 #CC40D9 #D97F40 #4DD940

square

#409AD9 #CC40D9 #D97F40 #4DD940

split-complementary

#409AD9 #D9404D #D9CC40

monochromatic

#1A5984 #247BB7 #409AD9 #73B5E3 #A6D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#409AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#409AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409AD9

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409AD9	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 154, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7e5',
    500: '#409ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ad9;
$custom-light: #87b7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66008,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409AD9

secondary

#DAB59A

accent

#853EEA

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #409AD9

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

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