#408AD5#408AD5

#408AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.136 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AD5
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 1.50, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 45.19, 271.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0437 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.136 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2086, 24.0685, 66.3604)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AD5 #D58B40

analogous

#40D5D5 #408AD5 #4140D5

triadic

#408AD5 #D5408A #8AD540

tetradic

#408AD5 #D540D5 #D58B40 #40D541

square

#408AD5 #D540D5 #D58B40 #40D541

split-complementary

#408AD5 #D54140 #D5D540

monochromatic

#1C4D7F #276BB1 #408AD5 #72A9E0 #A4C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#408AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AD5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AD5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.136 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abe2',
    500: '#408ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ad5;
$custom-light: #86abe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.201,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62159,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AD5

secondary

#D8B999

accent

#9441E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AD5

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

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