#409BC5#409BC5

#409BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.106 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BC5
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -13.64, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 32.54, 245.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0656 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.106 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9098, 28.5613, 57.0653)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BC5 #C56A40

analogous

#40C5AC #409BC5 #4058C5

triadic

#409BC5 #C5409B #9BC540

tetradic

#409BC5 #AC40C5 #C56A40 #58C540

square

#409BC5 #AC40C5 #C56A40 #58C540

split-complementary

#409BC5 #C54058 #C5AC40

monochromatic

#20536A #2F7899 #409BC5 #6FB4D3 #9ECCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#409BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#409BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BC5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BC5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.106 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8d6',
    500: '#409bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bc5;
$custom-light: #84b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65269,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BC5

secondary

#CEA693

accent

#794BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BC5

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

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