#408BAE#408BAE

#408BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.091 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BAE
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -12.33, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 28.19, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0571 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.091 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9840, 22.6093, 43.3998)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BAE #AE6340

analogous

#40AE9A #408BAE #4054AE

triadic

#408BAE #AE408B #8BAE40

tetradic

#408BAE #9A40AE #AE6340 #54AE40

square

#408BAE #9A40AE #AE6340 #54AE40

split-complementary

#408BAE #AE4054 #AE9A40

monochromatic

#1F4455 #306781 #408BAE #65A7C6 #92C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#408BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#408BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BAE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BAE	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.091 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc6',
    500: '#408bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bae;
$custom-light: #80acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60397,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BAE

secondary

#C29A88

accent

#7C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BAE

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

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