#408ACD#408ACD

#408ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.126 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ACD
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -1.30, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 41.30, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0459 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.126 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2181, 23.6724, 61.1441)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ACD #CD8340

analogous

#40CDCA #408ACD #4043CD

triadic

#408ACD #CD408A #8ACD40

tetradic

#408ACD #CA40CD #CD8340 #43CD40

square

#408ACD #CA40CD #CD8340 #43CD40

split-complementary

#408ACD #CD4043 #CDCA40

monochromatic

#1E4B74 #2B6BA5 #408ACD #71A8DA #A1C5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#408ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#408ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ACD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ACD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.126 248.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61717,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ACD

secondary

#D3B396

accent

#9046E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ACD

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

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