#408BD0#408BD0

#408BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.128 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BD0
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -0.84, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 42.30, 268.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.046 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.128 249)
XYZ	xyz(22.7279, 24.1069, 63.1176)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BD0 #D08540

analogous

#40D0CD #408BD0 #4043D0

triadic

#408BD0 #D0408B #8BD040

tetradic

#408BD0 #CD40D0 #D08540 #43D040

square

#408BD0 #CD40D0 #D08540 #43D040

split-complementary

#408BD0 #D04043 #D0CD40

monochromatic

#1E4D78 #2A6CA9 #408BD0 #71A9DC #A2C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#408BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BD0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BD0	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.128 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acde',
    500: '#408bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bd0;
$custom-light: #85acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BD0

secondary

#D5B597

accent

#9144E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BD0

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

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