#408AD1#408AD1

#408AD1 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.131 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AD1
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 209)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 34%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 0.10, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 43.23, 270.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0448 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.131 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7072, 23.8680, 63.7195)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AD1 #D18740

analogous

#40D1CF #408AD1 #4041D1

triadic

#408AD1 #D1408A #8AD140

tetradic

#408AD1 #CF40D1 #D18740 #41D140

square

#408AD1 #CF40D1 #D18740 #41D140

split-complementary

#408AD1 #D14041 #D1CF40

monochromatic

#1D4C79 #296BAB #408AD1 #71A8DD #A3C6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#408AD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AD1

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AD1	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5680D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.131 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abdf',
    500: '#408ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ad1;
$custom-light: #85abdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.379,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61936,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AD1

secondary

#D5B697

accent

#9244E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AD1

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

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