#409CB6#409CB6

#409CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.094 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CB6
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -19.00, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 28.72, 228.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0723 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.094 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4429, 28.2419, 48.5154)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CB6 #B65A40

analogous

#40B695 #409CB6 #4061B6

triadic

#409CB6 #B6409C #9CB640

tetradic

#409CB6 #9540B6 #B65A40 #61B640

square

#409CB6 #9540B6 #B65A40 #61B640

split-complementary

#409CB6 #B64061 #B69540

monochromatic

#204E5B #307589 #409CB6 #69B5CA #96CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#409CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#409CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CB6

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CB6	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)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.094 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9cc',
    500: '#409cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cb6;
$custom-light: #82b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64847,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CB6

secondary

#C6998C

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CB6

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

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