#409CC8#409CC8

#409CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CC8
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -13.21, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 33.30, 246.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0656 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4240, 29.0344, 58.9494)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CC8 #C86C40

analogous

#40C8B0 #409CC8 #4058C8

triadic

#409CC8 #C8409C #9CC840

tetradic

#409CC8 #B040C8 #C86C40 #58C840

square

#409CC8 #B040C8 #C86C40 #58C840

split-complementary

#409CC8 #C84058 #C8B040

monochromatic

#20556E #2D799D #409CC8 #70B5D6 #9FCDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#409CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#409CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CC8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CC8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9d9',
    500: '#409cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cc8;
$custom-light: #84b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65644,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CC8

secondary

#D0A794

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CC8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →