#409DBE#409DBE

#409DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DBE
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -17.00, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 30.33, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0703 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.099 225)
XYZ	xyz(23.4619, 28.9191, 53.0507)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DBE #BE6140

analogous

#40BEA0 #409DBE #405EBE

triadic

#409DBE #BE409D #9DBE40

tetradic

#409DBE #A040BE #BE6140 #5EBE40

square

#409DBE #A040BE #BE6140 #5EBE40

split-complementary

#409DBE #BE405E #BEA040

monochromatic

#215162 #317790 #409DBE #6DB5CE #9BCCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#409DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#409DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DBE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DBE	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)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad1',
    500: '#409dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409dbe;
$custom-light: #83bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.28922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DBE

secondary

#C99F90

accent

#734FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DBE

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

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