#408BB0#408BB0

#408BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.093 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BB0
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -11.68, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 28.84, 246.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0563 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.093 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1804, 22.6879, 44.4343)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BB0 #B06540

analogous

#40B09D #408BB0 #4053B0

triadic

#408BB0 #B0408B #8BB040

tetradic

#408BB0 #9D40B0 #B06540 #53B040

square

#408BB0 #9D40B0 #B06540 #53B040

split-complementary

#408BB0 #B04053 #B09D40

monochromatic

#1F4456 #306883 #408BB0 #66A7C7 #93C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#408BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BB0

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BB0	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.093 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc7',
    500: '#408bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bb0;
$custom-light: #80acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.821,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60489,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BB0

secondary

#C39C89

accent

#7D51D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BB0

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

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