#408BCE#408BCE

#408BCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.126 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BCE
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -1.54, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 41.34, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0466 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.126 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4834, 24.0091, 61.8298)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BCE #CE8340

analogous

#40CECA #408BCE #4044CE

triadic

#408BCE #CE408B #8BCE40

tetradic

#408BCE #CA40CE #CE8340 #44CE40

square

#408BCE #CA40CE #CE8340 #44CE40

split-complementary

#408BCE #CE4044 #CECA40

monochromatic

#1E4C75 #2B6CA6 #408BCE #71A9DA #A1C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#408BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BCE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BCE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.126 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acdd',
    500: '#408bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bce;
$custom-light: #84acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.31,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BCE

secondary

#D4B396

accent

#8F45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →