#408AA7#408AA7

#408AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.085 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AA7
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -14.03, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 26.28, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0586 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.085 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1751, 22.0552, 39.8510)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AA7 #A75D40

analogous

#40A790 #408AA7 #4056A7

triadic

#408AA7 #A7408A #8AA740

tetradic

#408AA7 #9040A7 #A75D40 #56A740

square

#408AA7 #9040A7 #A75D40 #56A740

split-complementary

#408AA7 #A74056 #A79040

monochromatic

#1E414F #2F657B #408AA7 #62A7C3 #8EC0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#408AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#408AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AA7

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AA7	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.085 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facc1',
    500: '#408aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408aa7;
$custom-light: #7facc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59841,
    "c": 0.08529,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AA7

secondary

#BF9584

accent

#7854D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AA7

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

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