#409CC2#409CC2

#409CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CC2
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -15.17, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 31.48, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0677 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.103 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7365, 28.7594, 55.3286)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CC2 #C26640

analogous

#40C2A7 #409CC2 #405BC2

triadic

#409CC2 #C2409C #9CC240

tetradic

#409CC2 #A740C2 #C26640 #5BC240

square

#409CC2 #A740C2 #C26640 #5BC240

split-complementary

#409CC2 #C2405B #C2A740

monochromatic

#215267 #307795 #409CC2 #6EB4D1 #9DCCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#409CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#409CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CC2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CC2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d4',
    500: '#409cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cc2;
$custom-light: #83b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65369,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CC2

secondary

#CCA392

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CC2

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

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