#409EB6#409EB6

#409EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.094 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EB6
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -20.06, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 28.77, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0744 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.094 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7813, 28.9187, 48.6282)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EB6 #B65840

analogous

#40B693 #409EB6 #4063B6

triadic

#409EB6 #B6409E #9EB640

tetradic

#409EB6 #9340B6 #B65840 #63B640

square

#409EB6 #9340B6 #B65840 #63B640

split-complementary

#409EB6 #B64063 #B69340

monochromatic

#204F5B #307789 #409EB6 #69B6CA #96CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#409EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#409EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EB6

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EB6	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)

#8E9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.094 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bacc',
    500: '#409eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409eb6;
$custom-light: #82bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6533,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EB6

secondary

#C6988C

accent

#6C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EB6

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

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