#408BAC#408BAC

#408BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.089 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BAC
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -12.98, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 27.57, 241.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0578 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.089 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7905, 22.5319, 42.3806)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BAC #AC6140

analogous

#40AC97 #408BAC #4055AC

triadic

#408BAC #AC408B #8BAC40

tetradic

#408BAC #9740AC #AC6140 #55AC40

square

#408BAC #9740AC #AC6140 #55AC40

split-complementary

#408BAC #AC4055 #AC9740

monochromatic

#1F4353 #2F677F #408BAC #64A8C5 #91C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#408BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#408BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BAC

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BAC	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.089 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc4',
    500: '#408bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bac;
$custom-light: #80adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60306,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BAC

secondary

#C19987

accent

#7A52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BAC

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

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