#408AA5#408AA5

#408AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.084 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AA5
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -14.67, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 25.77, 235.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0594 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.084 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9917, 21.9818, 38.8848)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AA5 #A55B40

analogous

#40A58E #408AA5 #4057A5

triadic

#408AA5 #A5408A #8AA540

tetradic

#408AA5 #8E40A5 #A55B40 #57A540

square

#408AA5 #8E40A5 #A55B40 #57A540

split-complementary

#408AA5 #A54057 #A58E40

monochromatic

#1E404D #2F6579 #408AA5 #61A8C2 #8DC0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#408AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#408AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AA5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AA5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.084 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facbf',
    500: '#408aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408aa5;
$custom-light: #7facbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59753,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AA5

secondary

#BE9383

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AA5

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

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