#408AB7#408AB7

#408AB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.100 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AB7
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 183)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -8.80, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 31.63, 253.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0528 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.1 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7468, 22.6838, 48.1283)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AB7 #B76D40

analogous

#40B7A8 #408AB7 #404EB7

triadic

#408AB7 #B7408A #8AB740

tetradic

#408AB7 #A840B7 #B76D40 #4EB740

square

#408AB7 #A840B7 #B76D40 #4EB740

split-complementary

#408AB7 #B7404E #B7A840

monochromatic

#20465C #30688A #408AB7 #69A6CB #97C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#408AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AB7

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AB7	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.100 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81accc',
    500: '#408ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ab7;
$custom-light: #81accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.689,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60584,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AB7

secondary

#C6A28D

accent

#8350D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AB7

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

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