#408BD6#408BD6

#408BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.136 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BD6
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 1.26, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 45.21, 271.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0444 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.136 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4800, 24.4077, 67.0790)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BD6 #D68B40

analogous

#40D6D6 #408BD6 #4040D6

triadic

#408BD6 #D6408B #8BD640

tetradic

#408BD6 #D640D6 #D68B40 #40D640

square

#408BD6 #D640D6 #D68B40 #40D640

split-complementary

#408BD6 #D64040 #D6D640

monochromatic

#1B4E80 #266CB2 #408BD6 #72AAE1 #A5C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#408BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BD6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BD6	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.136 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace3',
    500: '#408bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bd6;
$custom-light: #86ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6244,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BD6

secondary

#D9B999

accent

#9440E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BD6

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

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