#409DC5#409DC5

#409DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.105 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DC5
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -14.73, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 32.19, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0676 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.105 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2454, 29.2325, 57.1772)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DC5 #C56840

analogous

#40C5AA #409DC5 #405AC5

triadic

#409DC5 #C5409D #9DC540

tetradic

#409DC5 #AA40C5 #C56840 #5AC540

square

#409DC5 #AA40C5 #C56840 #5AC540

split-complementary

#409DC5 #C5405A #C5AA40

monochromatic

#20546A #2F7999 #409DC5 #6FB5D3 #9ECDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#409DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#409DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DC5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DC5	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.105 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bad6',
    500: '#409dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409dc5;
$custom-light: #84bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65742,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DC5

secondary

#CEA593

accent

#774BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DC5

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

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