#409CB5#409CB5

#409CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CB5
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -19.32, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 28.56, 227.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0727 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.093 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3399, 28.2007, 47.9730)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CB5 #B55940

analogous

#40B594 #409CB5 #4061B5

triadic

#409CB5 #B5409C #9CB540

tetradic

#409CB5 #9440B5 #B55940 #61B540

square

#409CB5 #9440B5 #B55940 #61B540

split-complementary

#409CB5 #B54061 #B59440

monochromatic

#204E5B #307588 #409CB5 #68B5CA #96CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#409CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#409CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CB5

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CB5	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9cb',
    500: '#409cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cb5;
$custom-light: #82b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64805,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CB5

secondary

#C5988B

accent

#6D50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CB5

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

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