#408AD9#408AD9

#408AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.141 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408AD9
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 2.91, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 47.17, 273.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0427 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.141 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7226, 24.2741, 69.0673)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408AD9 #D98F40

analogous

#40D7D9 #408AD9 #4240D9

triadic

#408AD9 #D9408A #8AD940

tetradic

#408AD9 #D940D7 #D98F40 #40D942

square

#408AD9 #D940D7 #D98F40 #40D942

split-complementary

#408AD9 #D94240 #D7D940

monochromatic

#1A4E84 #246CB7 #408AD9 #73A9E3 #A6C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#408AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#408AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408AD9

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408AD9	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.141 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abe5',
    500: '#408ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ad9;
$custom-light: #86abe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.98,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62387,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408AD9

secondary

#DABB9A

accent

#973EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408AD9

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

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