#408BB1#408BB1

#408BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.094 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BB1
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -11.35, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 29.17, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.056 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.094 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2797, 22.7276, 44.9573)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BB1 #B16640

analogous

#40B19F #408BB1 #4053B1

triadic

#408BB1 #B1408B #8BB140

tetradic

#408BB1 #9F40B1 #B16640 #53B140

square

#408BB1 #9F40B1 #B16640 #53B140

split-complementary

#408BB1 #B14053 #B19F40

monochromatic

#1F4457 #306884 #408BB1 #66A7C8 #93C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#408BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BB1

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BB1	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.094 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc8',
    500: '#408bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bb1;
$custom-light: #80acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.177,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BB1

secondary

#C39D89

accent

#7E51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BB1

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

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