#408BAD#408BAD

#408BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.090 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BAD
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -12.66, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 27.87, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0574 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.09 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8869, 22.5705, 42.8882)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BAD #AD6240

analogous

#40AD99 #408BAD #4054AD

triadic

#408BAD #AD408B #8BAD40

tetradic

#408BAD #9940AD #AD6240 #54AD40

square

#408BAD #9940AD #AD6240 #54AD40

split-complementary

#408BAD #AD4054 #AD9940

monochromatic

#1F4354 #2F6780 #408BAD #64A7C6 #91C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#408BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#408BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BAD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BAD	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)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.090 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc5',
    500: '#408bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bad;
$custom-light: #80acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60352,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BAD

secondary

#C29987

accent

#7B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →