#409BAE#409BAE

#409BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BAE
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -20.97, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 27.58, 220.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0744 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.09 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4725, 27.5864, 44.2293)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BAE #AE5340

analogous

#40AE8A #409BAE #4064AE

triadic

#409BAE #AE409B #9BAE40

tetradic

#409BAE #8A40AE #AE5340 #64AE40

square

#409BAE #8A40AE #AE5340 #64AE40

split-complementary

#409BAE #AE4064 #AE8A40

monochromatic

#1F4B55 #307381 #409BAE #65B5C6 #92CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#409BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#409BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BAE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BAE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8c6',
    500: '#409bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bae;
$custom-light: #81b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BAE

secondary

#C29288

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BAE

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

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