#408AC5#408AC5

#408AC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.116 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AC5
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -4.06, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 37.58, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0482 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.116 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2771, 23.2959, 56.1877)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AC5 #C57B40

analogous

#40C5BE #408AC5 #4047C5

triadic

#408AC5 #C5408A #8AC540

tetradic

#408AC5 #BE40C5 #C57B40 #47C540

square

#408AC5 #BE40C5 #C57B40 #47C540

split-complementary

#408AC5 #C54047 #C5BE40

monochromatic

#20496A #2F6A99 #408AC5 #6FA7D3 #9EC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#408AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#408AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AC5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AC5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abd7',
    500: '#408ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ac5;
$custom-light: #83abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.617,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6129,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AC5

secondary

#CEAD93

accent

#8C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AC5

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

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