#408BC1#408BC1

#408BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.111 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC1
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -6.00, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 35.43, 260.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0505 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.111 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9689, 23.4033, 53.8539)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC1 #C17640

analogous

#40C1B6 #408BC1 #404BC1

triadic

#408BC1 #C1408B #8BC140

tetradic

#408BC1 #B640C1 #C17640 #4BC140

square

#408BC1 #B640C1 #C17640 #4BC140

split-complementary

#408BC1 #C1404B #C1B640

monochromatic

#214966 #306A94 #408BC1 #6EA7D0 #9CC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#408BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#408BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC1

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC1	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.111 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acd4',
    500: '#408bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc1;
$custom-light: #82acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61316,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC1

secondary

#CBAA92

accent

#884DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC1

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

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