#408AB9#408AB9

#408AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.102 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AB9
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -8.13, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 32.42, 255.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0521 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.102 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9564, 22.7677, 49.2324)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AB9 #B96F40

analogous

#40B9AC #408AB9 #404EB9

triadic

#408AB9 #B9408A #8AB940

tetradic

#408AB9 #AC40B9 #B96F40 #4EB940

square

#408AB9 #AC40B9 #B96F40 #4EB940

split-complementary

#408AB9 #B9404E #B9AC40

monochromatic

#21465E #30688C #408AB9 #6BA6CC #98C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#408AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#408AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AB9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AB9	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.102 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acce',
    500: '#408ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ab9;
$custom-light: #81acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60681,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AB9

secondary

#C7A48E

accent

#8550D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AB9

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

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