#408BB6#408BB6

#408BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.099 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BB6
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -9.70, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 30.97, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0542 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.099 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7872, 22.9306, 47.6301)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BB6 #B66B40

analogous

#40B6A6 #408BB6 #4050B6

triadic

#408BB6 #B6408B #8BB640

tetradic

#408BB6 #A640B6 #B66B40 #50B640

square

#408BB6 #A640B6 #B66B40 #50B640

split-complementary

#408BB6 #B64050 #B6A640

monochromatic

#20465B #306889 #408BB6 #69A7CA #96C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#408BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#408BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BB6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BB6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.099 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81accc',
    500: '#408bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bb6;
$custom-light: #81accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BB6

secondary

#C6A18C

accent

#8250D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BB6

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

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