#409CC3#409CC3

#409CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.104 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CC3
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -14.84, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 31.76, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0673 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.104 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8492, 28.8045, 55.9221)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CC3 #C36740

analogous

#40C3A9 #409CC3 #405AC3

triadic

#409CC3 #C3409C #9CC340

tetradic

#409CC3 #A940C3 #C36740 #5AC340

square

#409CC3 #A940C3 #C36740 #5AC340

split-complementary

#409CC3 #C3405A #C3A940

monochromatic

#215368 #2F7897 #409CC3 #6FB4D2 #9DCCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#409CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#409CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CC3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CC3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.104 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9d5',
    500: '#409cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cc3;
$custom-light: #84b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65414,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CC3

secondary

#CCA492

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CC3

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

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