#409CC5#409CC5

#409CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.105 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CC5
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -14.19, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 32.36, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0666 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.105 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0769, 28.8955, 57.1210)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CC5 #C56940

analogous

#40C5AB #409CC5 #4059C5

triadic

#409CC5 #C5409C #9CC540

tetradic

#409CC5 #AB40C5 #C56940 #59C540

square

#409CC5 #AB40C5 #C56940 #59C540

split-complementary

#409CC5 #C54059 #C5AB40

monochromatic

#20536A #2F7899 #409CC5 #6FB4D3 #9ECDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#409CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#409CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CC5

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CC5	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.105 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9d6',
    500: '#409cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cc5;
$custom-light: #84b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65505,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CC5

secondary

#CEA593

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CC5

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

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