#409FC6#409FC6

#409FC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#409FC6
RGB	rgb(64, 159, 198)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -15.49, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 32.18, 241.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0693 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.105 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7015, 29.9608, 57.8963)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#409FC6 #C66740

analogous

#40C6AA #409FC6 #405CC6

triadic

#409FC6 #C6409F #9FC640

tetradic

#409FC6 #AA40C6 #C66740 #5CC640

square

#409FC6 #AA40C6 #C66740 #5CC640

split-complementary

#409FC6 #C6405C #C6AA40

monochromatic

#20566C #2E7B9B #409FC6 #6FB7D4 #9ECEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#409FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#409FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #409FC6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##409FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##409FC6	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #409fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 159, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbd7',
    500: '#409fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #409fc6;
$custom-light: #84bbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#409fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66261,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#409FC6

secondary

#CEA593

accent

#754ADD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #409FC6

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

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