#409CB8#409CB8

#409CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.095 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CB8
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -18.37, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 29.09, 230.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0715 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.095 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6510, 28.3252, 49.6117)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CB8 #B85C40

analogous

#40B898 #409CB8 #4060B8

triadic

#409CB8 #B8409C #9CB840

tetradic

#409CB8 #9840B8 #B85C40 #60B840

square

#409CB8 #9840B8 #B85C40 #60B840

split-complementary

#409CB8 #B84060 #B89840

monochromatic

#204F5D #30768B #409CB8 #6AB5CB #97CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#409CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#409CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CB8

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CB8	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.095 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9cd',
    500: '#409cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cb8;
$custom-light: #82b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64931,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CB8

secondary

#C79B8D

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CB8

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

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