#409CC4#409CC4

#409CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CC4
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -14.52, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 32.06, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.067 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.104 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9627, 28.8498, 56.5196)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CC4 #C46840

analogous

#40C4AA #409CC4 #405AC4

triadic

#409CC4 #C4409C #9CC440

tetradic

#409CC4 #AA40C4 #C46840 #5AC440

square

#409CC4 #AA40C4 #C46840 #5AC440

split-complementary

#409CC4 #C4405A #C4AA40

monochromatic

#205369 #2F7898 #409CC4 #6FB4D2 #9ECCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#409CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#409CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CC4

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CC4	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9d6',
    500: '#409cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cc4;
$custom-light: #84b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CC4

secondary

#CDA493

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CC4

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

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