#409BBE#409BBE

#409BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.100 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BBE
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -15.92, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 30.52, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0682 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.1 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1262, 28.2479, 52.9388)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BBE #BE6340

analogous

#40BEA2 #409BBE #405CBE

triadic

#409BBE #BE409B #9BBE40

tetradic

#409BBE #A240BE #BE6340 #5CBE40

square

#409BBE #A240BE #BE6340 #5CBE40

split-complementary

#409BBE #BE405C #BEA240

monochromatic

#215062 #317690 #409BBE #6DB3CE #9BCBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#409BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#409BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BBE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BBE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.100 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8d1',
    500: '#409bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bbe;
$custom-light: #83b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64952,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BBE

secondary

#C9A090

accent

#754FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BBE

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

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