#409EBC#409EBC

#409EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EBC
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -18.17, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 29.82, 232.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0721 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.098 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4146, 29.1720, 51.9640)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EBC #BC5E40

analogous

#40BC9C #409EBC #4060BC

triadic

#409EBC #BC409E #9EBC40

tetradic

#409EBC #9C40BC #BC5E40 #60BC40

square

#409EBC #9C40BC #BC5E40 #60BC40

split-complementary

#409EBC #BC4060 #BC9C40

monochromatic

#215161 #30788E #409EBC #6CB6CD #9ACCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#409EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#409EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EBC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EBC	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad0',
    500: '#409ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ebc;
$custom-light: #83bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65583,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EBC

secondary

#C99D8F

accent

#704FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EBC

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

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