#408AD2#408AD2

#408AD2 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.132 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AD2
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 210)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 0.45, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 43.71, 270.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0445 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.132 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8313, 23.9176, 64.3736)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AD2 #D28840

analogous

#40D2D1 #408AD2 #4041D2

triadic

#408AD2 #D2408A #8AD240

tetradic

#408AD2 #D140D2 #D28840 #41D240

square

#408AD2 #D140D2 #D28840 #41D240

split-complementary

#408AD2 #D24041 #D2D140

monochromatic

#1D4C7B #296BAC #408AD2 #72A8DE #A3C7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#408AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#408AD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AD2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AD2	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.132 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe0',
    500: '#408ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ad2;
$custom-light: #85abe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.589,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61992,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AD2

secondary

#D6B698

accent

#9343E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AD2

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

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