#408BD7#408BD7

#408BD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.137 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BD7
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 1.61, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 45.70, 272.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0442 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.137 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6081, 24.4590, 67.7537)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BD7 #D78C40

analogous

#40D6D7 #408BD7 #4140D7

triadic

#408BD7 #D7408B #8BD740

tetradic

#408BD7 #D740D6 #D78C40 #40D741

square

#408BD7 #D740D6 #D78C40 #40D741

split-complementary

#408BD7 #D74140 #D6D740

monochromatic

#1B4E81 #266CB4 #408BD7 #73AAE2 #A5C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#408BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#408BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BD7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BD7	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.137 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace4',
    500: '#408bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bd7;
$custom-light: #86ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.199,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62497,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BD7

secondary

#D9BA9A

accent

#943FE8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BD7

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

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