#408BC7#408BC7

#408BC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.118 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC7
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -3.95, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 38.09, 264.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0487 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.118 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6519, 23.6765, 57.4507)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC7 #C77C40

analogous

#40C7C0 #408BC7 #4048C7

triadic

#408BC7 #C7408B #8BC740

tetradic

#408BC7 #C040C7 #C77C40 #48C740

square

#408BC7 #C040C7 #C77C40 #48C740

split-complementary

#408BC7 #C74048 #C7C040

monochromatic

#204B6D #2E6B9C #408BC7 #6FA8D5 #9FC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#408BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#408BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC7

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC7	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.118 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acd8',
    500: '#408bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc7;
$custom-light: #83acd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC7

secondary

#CFAE94

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC7

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

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