#409BCD#409BCD

#409BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.113 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409BCD
RGB	rgb(64, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -11.00, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 35.26, 251.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0628 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.113 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8508, 28.9377, 62.0216)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409BCD #CD7240

analogous

#40CDB9 #409BCD #4054CD

triadic

#409BCD #CD409B #9BCD40

tetradic

#409BCD #B940CD #CD7240 #54CD40

square

#409BCD #B940CD #CD7240 #54CD40

split-complementary

#409BCD #CD4054 #CDB940

monochromatic

#1E5674 #2B7AA5 #409BCD #71B4DA #A1CEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#409BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#409BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409BCD

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409BCD	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.113 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8dc',
    500: '#409bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409bcd;
$custom-light: #85b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65645,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409BCD

secondary

#D3AC96

accent

#7D46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409BCD

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

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