#408BD4#408BD4

#408BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.133 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BD4
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 0.56, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 44.23, 270.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0449 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.133 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2262, 24.3062, 65.7421)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BD4 #D48940

analogous

#40D4D3 #408BD4 #4041D4

triadic

#408BD4 #D4408B #8BD440

tetradic

#408BD4 #D340D4 #D48940 #41D440

square

#408BD4 #D340D4 #D48940 #41D440

split-complementary

#408BD4 #D44041 #D4D340

monochromatic

#1C4D7D #276CAF #408BD4 #72A9DF #A4C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#408BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BD4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BD4	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.133 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ace1',
    500: '#408bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bd4;
$custom-light: #85ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.595,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62329,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BD4

secondary

#D7B798

accent

#9342E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BD4

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

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