#408AC1#408AC1

#408AC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.111 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AC1
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -5.43, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 35.79, 261.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0495 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.111 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8248, 23.1150, 53.8059)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AC1 #C17740

analogous

#40C1B7 #408AC1 #404AC1

triadic

#408AC1 #C1408A #8AC140

tetradic

#408AC1 #B740C1 #C17740 #4AC140

square

#408AC1 #B740C1 #C17740 #4AC140

split-complementary

#408AC1 #C1404A #C1B740

monochromatic

#214866 #306994 #408AC1 #6EA6D0 #9CC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#408AC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#408AC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AC1

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AC1	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.111 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd4',
    500: '#408ac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ac1;
$custom-light: #82acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61083,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AC1

secondary

#CBAA92

accent

#8A4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AC1

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

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