#406EDE#406EDE

#406EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.179 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#406EDE
RGB	rgb(64, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 21.90, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 65.60, 289.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.0169 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.179 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8705, 17.5136, 71.3736)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#406EDE #DEB040

analogous

#40BDDE #406EDE #6140DE

triadic

#406EDE #DE406E #6EDE40

tetradic

#406EDE #DE40BD #DEB040 #40DE61

square

#406EDE #DE40BD #DEB040 #40DE61

split-complementary

#406EDE #DE6140 #BDDE40

monochromatic

#183A8B #214FC0 #406EDE #7496E7 #A8BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#406EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#406EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #406EDE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##406EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##406EDE	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #406ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.179 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897e9',
    500: '#406ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #406ede;
$custom-light: #8897e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#406ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.532,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5672,
    "c": 0.17853,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#406EDE

secondary

#DECB9C

accent

#B93AED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #406EDE

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

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