#408AA4#408AA4

#408AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.083 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AA4
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -14.99, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 25.54, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0598 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.083 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9010, 21.9455, 38.4073)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AA4 #A45A40

analogous

#40A48C #408AA4 #4058A4

triadic

#408AA4 #A4408A #8AA440

tetradic

#408AA4 #8C40A4 #A45A40 #58A440

square

#408AA4 #8C40A4 #A45A40 #58A440

split-complementary

#408AA4 #A44058 #A48C40

monochromatic

#1E404C #2F6578 #408AA4 #60A8C1 #8CC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#408AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#408AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AA4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AA4	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.083 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facbf',
    500: '#408aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408aa4;
$custom-light: #7facbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59709,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AA4

secondary

#BD9283

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AA4

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

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