#408ACB#408ACB

#408ACB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.123 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ACB
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -1.99, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 40.36, 267.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0465 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.123 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9783, 23.5764, 59.8807)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ACB #CB8140

analogous

#40CBC7 #408ACB #4044CB

triadic

#408ACB #CB408A #8ACB40

tetradic

#408ACB #C740CB #CB8140 #44CB40

square

#408ACB #C740CB #CB8140 #44CB40

split-complementary

#408ACB #CB4044 #CBC740

monochromatic

#1F4B72 #2C6BA2 #408ACB #70A7D8 #A0C5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#408ACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#408ACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ACB

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ACB	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408acb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.123 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abdb',
    500: '#408acb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408acb;
$custom-light: #84abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408acb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.058,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61609,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ACB

secondary

#D2B195

accent

#8F47E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ACB

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

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