#409DC6#409DC6

#409DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.106 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DC6
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -14.41, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 32.49, 243.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0673 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.106 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3603, 29.2785, 57.7826)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DC6 #C66940

analogous

#40C6AC #409DC6 #405AC6

triadic

#409DC6 #C6409D #9DC640

tetradic

#409DC6 #AC40C6 #C66940 #5AC640

square

#409DC6 #AC40C6 #C66940 #5AC640

split-complementary

#409DC6 #C6405A #C6AC40

monochromatic

#20546C #2E799B #409DC6 #6FB5D4 #9ECDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#409DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#409DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DC6

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DC6	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)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.106 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bad7',
    500: '#409dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409dc6;
$custom-light: #84bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65788,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DC6

secondary

#CEA593

accent

#774ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DC6

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

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