#408ABF#408ABF

#408ABF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.109 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ABF
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -6.11, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 34.92, 259.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0501 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.109 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6032, 23.0264, 52.6388)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ABF #BF7540

analogous

#40BFB4 #408ABF #404BBF

triadic

#408ABF #BF408A #8ABF40

tetradic

#408ABF #B440BF #BF7540 #4BBF40

square

#408ABF #B440BF #BF7540 #4BBF40

split-complementary

#408ABF #BF404B #BFB440

monochromatic

#214863 #316991 #408ABF #6EA6CE #9CC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#408ABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ABF

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ABF	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.109 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd2',
    500: '#408abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408abf;
$custom-light: #82acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60981,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ABF

secondary

#CAA991

accent

#884ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ABF

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

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