#408BCA#408BCA

#408BCA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.121 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BCA
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -2.92, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 39.47, 265.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0478 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.121 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0036, 23.8172, 59.3032)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BCA #CA7F40

analogous

#40CAC4 #408BCA #4046CA

triadic

#408BCA #CA408B #8BCA40

tetradic

#408BCA #C440CA #CA7F40 #46CA40

square

#408BCA #C440CA #CA7F40 #46CA40

split-complementary

#408BCA #CA4046 #CAC440

monochromatic

#1F4B70 #2C6BA0 #408BCA #70A8D7 #A0C5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#408BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BCA

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BCA	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.121 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acda',
    500: '#408bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bca;
$custom-light: #84acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61784,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BCA

secondary

#D1B095

accent

#8D48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BCA

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

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