#408AC8#408AC8

#408AC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.120 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AC8
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -3.03, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 38.95, 265.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0474 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.12 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6242, 23.4348, 58.0161)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AC8 #C87E40

analogous

#40C8C2 #408AC8 #4046C8

triadic

#408AC8 #C8408A #8AC840

tetradic

#408AC8 #C240C8 #C87E40 #46C840

square

#408AC8 #C240C8 #C87E40 #46C840

split-complementary

#408AC8 #C84046 #C8C240

monochromatic

#204A6E #2D6A9D #408AC8 #70A7D6 #9FC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#408AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#408AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AC8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AC8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.120 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abd9',
    500: '#408ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ac8;
$custom-light: #84abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61448,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AC8

secondary

#D0AF94

accent

#8D49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AC8

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

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