#409CBE#409CBE

#409CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CBE
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -16.46, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 30.42, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0692 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.1 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2934, 28.5821, 52.9945)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CBE #BE6240

analogous

#40BEA1 #409CBE #405DBE

triadic

#409CBE #BE409C #9CBE40

tetradic

#409CBE #A140BE #BE6240 #5DBE40

square

#409CBE #A140BE #BE6240 #5DBE40

split-complementary

#409CBE #BE405D #BEA140

monochromatic

#215162 #317690 #409CBE #6DB4CE #9BCBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#409CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#409CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CBE

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CBE	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d1',
    500: '#409cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cbe;
$custom-light: #83b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65191,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CBE

secondary

#C9A090

accent

#744FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CBE

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

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