#408BC6#408BC6

#408BC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC6
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -4.30, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 37.64, 263.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.049 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.116 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5362, 23.6302, 56.8412)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC6 #C67B40

analogous

#40C6BE #408BC6 #4048C6

triadic

#408BC6 #C6408B #8BC640

tetradic

#408BC6 #BE40C6 #C67B40 #48C640

square

#408BC6 #BE40C6 #C67B40 #48C640

split-complementary

#408BC6 #C64048 #C6BE40

monochromatic

#204A6C #2E6B9B #408BC6 #6FA8D4 #9EC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#408BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#408BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC6	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd7',
    500: '#408bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc6;
$custom-light: #83acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.418,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC6

secondary

#CEAD93

accent

#8B4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC6

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

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