#408AC3#408AC3

#408AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AC3
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -4.75, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 36.68, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0489 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.114 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0494, 23.2049, 54.9888)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AC3 #C37940

analogous

#40C3BA #408AC3 #4048C3

triadic

#408AC3 #C3408A #8AC340

tetradic

#408AC3 #BA40C3 #C37940 #48C340

square

#408AC3 #BA40C3 #C37940 #48C340

split-complementary

#408AC3 #C34048 #C3BA40

monochromatic

#214968 #2F6A97 #408AC3 #6FA7D2 #9DC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#408AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#408AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AC3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AC3	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abd5',
    500: '#408ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ac3;
$custom-light: #83abd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.107,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61186,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AC3

secondary

#CCAC92

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AC3

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

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