#408AD4#408AD4

#408AD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.134 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AD4
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 1.15, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 44.69, 271.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.044 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.134 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0821, 24.0179, 65.6940)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AD4 #D48A40

analogous

#40D4D4 #408AD4 #4040D4

triadic

#408AD4 #D4408A #8AD440

tetradic

#408AD4 #D440D4 #D48A40 #40D440

square

#408AD4 #D440D4 #D48A40 #40D440

split-complementary

#408AD4 #D44040 #D4D440

monochromatic

#1C4D7D #276BAF #408AD4 #72A9DF #A4C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#408AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AD4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AD4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.134 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abe1',
    500: '#408ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ad4;
$custom-light: #85abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62103,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AD4

secondary

#D7B898

accent

#9442E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AD4

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

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