#409EC1#409EC1

#409EC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EC1
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 193)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -16.57, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 30.97, 237.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0702 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.101 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9630, 29.3914, 54.8519)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EC1 #C16340

analogous

#40C1A3 #409EC1 #405DC1

triadic

#409EC1 #C1409E #9EC140

tetradic

#409EC1 #A340C1 #C16340 #5DC140

square

#409EC1 #A340C1 #C16340 #5DC140

split-complementary

#409EC1 #C1405D #C1A340

monochromatic

#215366 #307994 #409EC1 #6EB5D0 #9CCDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#409EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#409EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EC1

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EC1	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bad3',
    500: '#409ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ec1;
$custom-light: #83bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65801,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EC1

secondary

#CBA192

accent

#744DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EC1

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

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