#408499#408499

#408499 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.076 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408499
RGB	rgb(64, 132, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -15.14, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 23.34, 229.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0573 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.076 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1131, 19.8909, 33.1210)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408499 #995540

analogous

#409981 #408499 #405899

triadic

#408499 #994084 #849940

tetradic

#408499 #814099 #995540 #589940

square

#408499 #814099 #995540 #589940

split-complementary

#408499 #994058 #998140

monochromatic

#1C3A43 #2E5F6E #408499 #5CA4BB #87BCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#408499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#408499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408499

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408499	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 132, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.076 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da7b7',
    500: '#408499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408499;
$custom-light: #7da7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57768,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408499

secondary

#B78B7E

accent

#7457D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #408499

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

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