#408BC4#408BC4

#408BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC4
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -4.98, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 36.74, 262.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0496 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.114 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3070, 23.5385, 55.6343)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC4 #C47940

analogous

#40C4BB #408BC4 #4049C4

triadic

#408BC4 #C4408B #8BC440

tetradic

#408BC4 #BB40C4 #C47940 #49C440

square

#408BC4 #BB40C4 #C47940 #49C440

split-complementary

#408BC4 #C44049 #C4BB40

monochromatic

#204A69 #2F6B98 #408BC4 #6FA7D2 #9EC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#408BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#408BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd6',
    500: '#408bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc4;
$custom-light: #83acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6147,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC4

secondary

#CDAC93

accent

#8A4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC4

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

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