#408BB7#408BB7

#408BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.100 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BB7
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -9.37, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 31.34, 252.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0538 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.1 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8909, 22.9721, 48.1763)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BB7 #B76C40

analogous

#40B7A7 #408BB7 #404FB7

triadic

#408BB7 #B7408B #8BB740

tetradic

#408BB7 #A740B7 #B76C40 #4FB740

square

#408BB7 #A740B7 #B76C40 #4FB740

split-complementary

#408BB7 #B7404F #B7A740

monochromatic

#20465C #30698A #408BB7 #69A7CB #97C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#408BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BB7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BB7	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.100 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81accc',
    500: '#408bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bb7;
$custom-light: #81accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.185,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6082,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BB7

secondary

#C6A28D

accent

#8250D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BB7

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

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