#408ACF#408ACF

#408ACF is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.128 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ACF
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 207)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -0.60, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 42.26, 269.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0453 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.128 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4611, 23.7695, 62.4236)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ACF #CF8540

analogous

#40CFCD #408ACF #4042CF

triadic

#408ACF #CF408A #8ACF40

tetradic

#408ACF #CD40CF #CF8540 #42CF40

square

#408ACF #CD40CF #CF8540 #42CF40

split-complementary

#408ACF #CF4042 #CFCD40

monochromatic

#1E4C77 #2A6BA8 #408ACF #71A8DB #A2C6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#408ACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#408ACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ACF

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ACF	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5780CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408acf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.128 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abde',
    500: '#408acf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408acf;
$custom-light: #85abde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408acf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.951,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ACF

secondary

#D4B497

accent

#9145E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ACF

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

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