#409DCD#409DCD

#409DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DCD
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -12.10, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 34.76, 249.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0648 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.112 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1864, 29.6089, 62.1335)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DCD #CD7040

analogous

#40CDB7 #409DCD #4056CD

triadic

#409DCD #CD409D #9DCD40

tetradic

#409DCD #B740CD #CD7040 #56CD40

square

#409DCD #B740CD #CD7040 #56CD40

split-complementary

#409DCD #CD4056 #CDB740

monochromatic

#1E5774 #2B7BA5 #409DCD #71B6DA #A1CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#409DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#409DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DCD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DCD	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9dc',
    500: '#409dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409dcd;
$custom-light: #85b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DCD

secondary

#D3AB96

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DCD

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

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