#409dab

Color #409dab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#409dab

RGB

rgb(64, 157, 171)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 45.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 62.6%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(60.02, -22.92, -15.46)

LCH

lch(60.02, 27.65, 214)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0888, 208.87)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 25.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab4e40

Analogous

#40ab84

#409dab

#4067ab

Triadic

#409dab

#ab409d

#9dab40

Split-complementary

#409dab

#ab4067

#ab8440

Tetradic

#409dab

#4e40ab

#ab4e40

#9dab40

Square

#409dab

#8440ab

#ab4e40

#67ab40

Shades

Color #409dab mixed toward black.

#35838f

#2b6972

#204e56

#153439

#0b1a1d

Tints

Color #409dab mixed toward white.

#58b3c1

#7ac2cd

#9bd1da

#bce1e6

#def0f3

Tones

Color #409dab mixed toward gray.

#4996a2

#529099

#5b8990

#648387

#6d7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475a8 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#6f68a7 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#48a5a5 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #409dab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#409dab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#409dab (#409dab) is rgb(64, 157, 171) in RGB.

No, #409dab is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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