#408BC5#408BC5

#408BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC5
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -4.64, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 37.19, 262.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0493 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.115 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4212, 23.5842, 56.2358)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC5 #C57A40

analogous

#40C5BC #408BC5 #4048C5

triadic

#408BC5 #C5408B #8BC540

tetradic

#408BC5 #BC40C5 #C57A40 #48C540

square

#408BC5 #BC40C5 #C57A40 #48C540

split-complementary

#408BC5 #C54048 #C5BC40

monochromatic

#204A6A #2F6B99 #408BC5 #6FA8D3 #9EC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#408BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#408BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC5	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd7',
    500: '#408bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc5;
$custom-light: #83acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.165,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC5

secondary

#CEAD93

accent

#8B4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC5

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

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