#408495#408495

#408495 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.073 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408495
RGB	rgb(64, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(192, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -16.38, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 22.66, 223.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.059 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.073 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7883, 19.7610, 31.4102)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408495 #955140

analogous

#40957C #408495 #405A95

triadic

#408495 #954084 #849540

tetradic

#408495 #7C4095 #955140 #5A9540

square

#408495 #7C4095 #955140 #5A9540

split-complementary

#408495 #95405A #957C40

monochromatic

#1B383F #2E5E6A #408495 #5AA5B8 #85BDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#408495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#408495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408495

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408495	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.073 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8b4',
    500: '#408495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408495;
$custom-light: #7da8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 39.906,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57601,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408495

secondary

#B5877C

accent

#7058D0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408495

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

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