#409DB6#409DB6

#409DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.094 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DB6
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -19.53, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 28.74, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0733 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.094 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6114, 28.5789, 48.5715)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DB6 #B65940

analogous

#40B694 #409DB6 #4062B6

triadic

#409DB6 #B6409D #9DB640

tetradic

#409DB6 #9440B6 #B65940 #62B640

square

#409DB6 #9440B6 #B65940 #62B640

split-complementary

#409DB6 #B64062 #B69440

monochromatic

#204F5B #307689 #409DB6 #69B6CA #96CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#409DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#409DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DB6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DB6	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.094 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bacc',
    500: '#409db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409db6;
$custom-light: #82bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65088,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DB6

secondary

#C6988C

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DB6

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

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