#408BAA#408BAA

#408BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.088 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BAA
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -13.62, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 26.99, 239.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0586 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.088 228)
XYZ	xyz(18.5998, 22.4556, 41.3766)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BAA #AA5F40

analogous

#40AA94 #408BAA #4056AA

triadic

#408BAA #AA408B #8BAA40

tetradic

#408BAA #9440AA #AA5F40 #56AA40

square

#408BAA #9440AA #AA5F40 #56AA40

split-complementary

#408BAA #AA4056 #AA9440

monochromatic

#1F4251 #2F677E #408BAA #63A8C4 #8FC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#408BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#408BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BAA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BAA	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.088 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc3',
    500: '#408baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408baa;
$custom-light: #7fadc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60216,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.22458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BAA

secondary

#C09786

accent

#7953D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BAA

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

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