#408ADA#408ADA

#408ADA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.142 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ADA
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 3.26, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 47.67, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0424 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.142 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8530, 24.3263, 69.7544)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ADA #DA9040

analogous

#40D7DA #408ADA #4340DA

triadic

#408ADA #DA408A #8ADA40

tetradic

#408ADA #DA40D7 #DA9040 #40DA43

square

#408ADA #DA40D7 #DA9040 #40DA43

split-complementary

#408ADA #DA4340 #D7DA40

monochromatic

#1A4E86 #246BB9 #408ADA #73A9E4 #A7C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#408ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ADA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ADA	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.142 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abe6',
    500: '#408ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ada;
$custom-light: #86abe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.169,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ADA

secondary

#DBBC9B

accent

#973DEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ADA

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

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