#408BD1#408BD1

#408BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.130 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BD1
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -0.49, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 42.78, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0458 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.13 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8513, 24.1562, 63.7675)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BD1 #D18640

analogous

#40D1CF #408BD1 #4042D1

triadic

#408BD1 #D1408B #8BD140

tetradic

#408BD1 #CF40D1 #D18640 #42D140

square

#408BD1 #CF40D1 #D18640 #42D140

split-complementary

#408BD1 #D14042 #D1CF40

monochromatic

#1D4D79 #296CAB #408BD1 #71A9DD #A3C7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#408BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#408BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BD1

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BD1	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.130 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acdf',
    500: '#408bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bd1;
$custom-light: #85acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62163,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BD1

secondary

#D5B597

accent

#9144E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BD1

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

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