#408BC8#408BC8

#408BC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.119 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BC8
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -3.61, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 38.55, 264.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0483 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.119 246)
XYZ	xyz(21.7684, 23.7231, 58.0642)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BC8 #C87D40

analogous

#40C8C1 #408BC8 #4047C8

triadic

#408BC8 #C8408B #8BC840

tetradic

#408BC8 #C140C8 #C87D40 #47C840

square

#408BC8 #C140C8 #C87D40 #47C840

split-complementary

#408BC8 #C84047 #C8C140

monochromatic

#204B6E #2D6B9D #408BC8 #70A8D6 #9FC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#408BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#408BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BC8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BC8	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.119 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acd9',
    500: '#408bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bc8;
$custom-light: #84acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.912,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BC8

secondary

#D0AF94

accent

#8C49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BC8

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

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