#409fae

Color #409fae

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#409fae

RGB

rgb(64, 159, 174)

HSL

hsl(188.2, 46.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.2, 63.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(60.73, -23.04, -16.08)

LCH

lch(60.73, 28.1, 214.91)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0905, 209.54)

HWB

hwb(188.2, 25.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae4f40

Analogous

#40ae86

#409fae

#4068ae

Triadic

#409fae

#ae409f

#9fae40

Split-complementary

#409fae

#ae4068

#ae8640

Tetradic

#409fae

#4f40ae

#ae4f40

#9fae40

Square

#409fae

#8640ae

#ae4f40

#68ae40

Shades

Color #409fae mixed toward black.

#358591

#2b6a74

#205057

#15353a

#0b1b1d

Tints

Color #409fae mixed toward white.

#59b4c2

#7bc3ce

#9cd2da

#bde1e7

#def0f3

Tones

Color #409fae mixed toward gray.

#4998a5

#52929c

#5c8b93

#658489

#6e7e80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576ab · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#7069aa · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#49a8a7 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #409fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#409fae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#409fae (#409fae) is rgb(64, 159, 174) in RGB.

No, #409fae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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