#408AC6#408AC6

#408AC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AC6
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -3.72, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 38.03, 264.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0479 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.117 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3920, 23.3419, 56.7932)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AC6 #C67C40

analogous

#40C6BF #408AC6 #4047C6

triadic

#408AC6 #C6408A #8AC640

tetradic

#408AC6 #BF40C6 #C67C40 #47C640

square

#408AC6 #BF40C6 #C67C40 #47C640

split-complementary

#408AC6 #C64047 #C6BF40

monochromatic

#204A6C #2E6A9B #408AC6 #6FA7D4 #9EC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#408AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#408AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AC6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AC6	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abd7',
    500: '#408ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ac6;
$custom-light: #83abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.866,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61343,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AC6

secondary

#CEAE93

accent

#8C4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AC6

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

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