#409CCE#409CCE

#409CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409CCE
RGB	rgb(64, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -11.22, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 35.36, 251.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0635 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.114 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1390, 29.3204, 62.7151)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409CCE #CE7240

analogous

#40CEB9 #409CCE #4055CE

triadic

#409CCE #CE409C #9CCE40

tetradic

#409CCE #B940CE #CE7240 #55CE40

square

#409CCE #B940CE #CE7240 #55CE40

split-complementary

#409CCE #CE4055 #CEB940

monochromatic

#1E5775 #2B7BA6 #409CCE #71B5DA #A1CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#409CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#409CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409CCE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409CCE	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9dd',
    500: '#409cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409cce;
$custom-light: #85b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65926,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409CCE

secondary

#D4AC96

accent

#7D45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409CCE

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

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