#409BB8#409BB8

#409BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.095 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BB8
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -17.84, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 29.12, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0704 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.095 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4839, 27.9910, 49.5560)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BB8 #B85D40

analogous

#40B899 #409BB8 #405FB8

triadic

#409BB8 #B8409B #9BB840

tetradic

#409BB8 #9940B8 #B85D40 #5FB840

square

#409BB8 #9940B8 #B85D40 #5FB840

split-complementary

#409BB8 #B8405F #B89940

monochromatic

#204E5D #30758B #409BB8 #6AB4CB #97CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#409BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#409BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BB8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BB8	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.095 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8cd',
    500: '#409bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bb8;
$custom-light: #82b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6469,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BB8

secondary

#C79B8D

accent

#7150D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BB8

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

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