#409EC8#409EC8

#409EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.107 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409EC8
RGB	rgb(64, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -14.30, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 32.92, 244.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0676 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.107 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7624, 29.7111, 59.0622)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409EC8 #C86A40

analogous

#40C8AE #409EC8 #405AC8

triadic

#409EC8 #C8409E #9EC840

tetradic

#409EC8 #AE40C8 #C86A40 #5AC840

square

#409EC8 #AE40C8 #C86A40 #5AC840

split-complementary

#409EC8 #C8405A #C8AE40

monochromatic

#20566E #2D7B9D #409EC8 #70B6D6 #9FCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#409EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#409EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409EC8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409EC8	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.107 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bad9',
    500: '#409ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409ec8;
$custom-light: #84bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409EC8

secondary

#D0A694

accent

#7749DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409EC8

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

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