#408ADD#408ADD

#408ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.146 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ADD
RGB	rgb(64, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 4.32, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 49.18, 275.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0417 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.146 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2491, 24.4848, 71.8406)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ADD #DD9340

analogous

#40D8DD #408ADD #4440DD

triadic

#408ADD #DD408A #8ADD40

tetradic

#408ADD #DD40D8 #DD9340 #40DD44

square

#408ADD #DD40D8 #DD9340 #40DD44

split-complementary

#408ADD #DD4440 #D8DD40

monochromatic

#194E8A #226BBE #408ADD #74AAE6 #A8CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#408ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#408ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ADD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ADD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.146 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abe8',
    500: '#408add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408add;
$custom-light: #87abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.72,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62618,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ADD

secondary

#DDBE9C

accent

#993BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ADD

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

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