#409BB6#409BB6

#409BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.094 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BB6
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -18.47, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 28.73, 229.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0712 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.094 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2758, 27.9077, 48.4597)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BB6 #B65B40

analogous

#40B696 #409BB6 #4060B6

triadic

#409BB6 #B6409B #9BB640

tetradic

#409BB6 #9640B6 #B65B40 #60B640

square

#409BB6 #9640B6 #B65B40 #60B640

split-complementary

#409BB6 #B64060 #B69640

monochromatic

#204E5B #307489 #409BB6 #69B4CA #96CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#409BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#409BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BB6

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BB6	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.094 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8cc',
    500: '#409bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bb6;
$custom-light: #82b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64605,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BB6

secondary

#C6998C

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BB6

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

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