#408AA3#408AA3

#408AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.082 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AA3
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -15.30, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 25.31, 232.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0602 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.082 223)
XYZ	xyz(17.8111, 21.9095, 37.9335)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AA3 #A35940

analogous

#40A38B #408AA3 #4058A3

triadic

#408AA3 #A3408A #8AA340

tetradic

#408AA3 #8B40A3 #A35940 #58A340

square

#408AA3 #8B40A3 #A35940 #58A340

split-complementary

#408AA3 #A34058 #A38B40

monochromatic

#1D404B #2F6577 #408AA3 #60A8C0 #8CC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#408AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#408AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AA3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AA3	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.082 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacbe',
    500: '#408aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408aa3;
$custom-light: #7eacbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59666,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.21911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AA3

secondary

#BD9182

accent

#7454D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AA3

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

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