#409CBA#409CBA

#409CBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.097 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CBA
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -17.74, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 29.49, 233.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0707 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.097 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8622, 28.4097, 50.7236)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CBA #BA5E40

analogous

#40BA9B #409CBA #405FBA

triadic

#409CBA #BA409C #9CBA40

tetradic

#409CBA #9B40BA #BA5E40 #5FBA40

square

#409CBA #9B40BA #BA5E40 #5FBA40

split-complementary

#409CBA #BA405F #BA9B40

monochromatic

#21505F #30768C #409CBA #6BB4CC #99CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#409CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#409CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CBA

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CBA	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.097 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ce',
    500: '#409cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cba;
$custom-light: #82b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65017,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CBA

secondary

#C89C8E

accent

#714FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CBA

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

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