#408ABC#408ABC

#408ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.106 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ABC
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -7.12, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 33.65, 257.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0511 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.106 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2765, 22.8957, 50.9179)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ABC #BC7240

analogous

#40BCB0 #408ABC #404CBC

triadic

#408ABC #BC408A #8ABC40

tetradic

#408ABC #B040BC #BC7240 #4CBC40

square

#408ABC #B040BC #BC7240 #4CBC40

split-complementary

#408ABC #BC404C #BCB040

monochromatic

#214761 #30688E #408ABC #6CA6CD #9AC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#408ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#408ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ABC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ABC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.106 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd0',
    500: '#408abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408abc;
$custom-light: #82acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ABC

secondary

#C9A68F

accent

#874FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ABC

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

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