#409FC4#409FC4

#409FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409FC4
RGB	rgb(64, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -16.14, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 31.63, 239.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0701 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.103 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4723, 29.8691, 56.6894)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409FC4 #C46540

analogous

#40C4A7 #409FC4 #405DC4

triadic

#409FC4 #C4409F #9FC440

tetradic

#409FC4 #A740C4 #C46540 #5DC440

square

#409FC4 #A740C4 #C46540 #5DC440

split-complementary

#409FC4 #C4405D #C4A740

monochromatic

#205569 #2F7A98 #409FC4 #6FB7D2 #9ECEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#409FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#409FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409FC4

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409FC4	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbd6',
    500: '#409fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409fc4;
$custom-light: #84bbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66172,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409FC4

secondary

#CDA393

accent

#744CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409FC4

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

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