#408ACC#408ACC

#408ACC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.124 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ACC
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 32.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -1.64, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 40.83, 267.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0462 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.124 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0978, 23.6242, 60.5104)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ACC #CC8240

analogous

#40CCC8 #408ACC #4044CC

triadic

#408ACC #CC408A #8ACC40

tetradic

#408ACC #C840CC #CC8240 #44CC40

square

#408ACC #C840CC #CC8240 #44CC40

split-complementary

#408ACC #CC4044 #CCC840

monochromatic

#1F4B73 #2C6BA3 #408ACC #70A8D9 #A1C5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#408ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#408ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ACC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ACC	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.124 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abdc',
    500: '#408acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408acc;
$custom-light: #84abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61662,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ACC

secondary

#D2B295

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ACC

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

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