#409DCE#409DCE

#409DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409DCE
RGB	rgb(64, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -11.77, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 35.11, 250.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0645 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.113 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3075, 29.6574, 62.7712)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409DCE #CE7140

analogous

#40CEB8 #409DCE #4056CE

triadic

#409DCE #CE409D #9DCE40

tetradic

#409DCE #B840CE #CE7140 #56CE40

square

#409DCE #B840CE #CE7140 #56CE40

split-complementary

#409DCE #CE4056 #CEB840

monochromatic

#1E5775 #2B7CA6 #409DCE #71B6DA #A1CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#409DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#409DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409DCE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409DCE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9dd',
    500: '#409dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409dce;
$custom-light: #85b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.704,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6616,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409DCE

secondary

#D4AB96

accent

#7C45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409DCE

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

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