#408BDA#408BDA

#408BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.141 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BDA
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 2.66, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 47.19, 273.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0434 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.141 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9972, 24.6146, 69.8025)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BDA #DA8F40

analogous

#40D8DA #408BDA #4240DA

triadic

#408BDA #DA408B #8BDA40

tetradic

#408BDA #DA40D8 #DA8F40 #40DA42

square

#408BDA #DA40D8 #DA8F40 #40DA42

split-complementary

#408BDA #DA4240 #D8DA40

monochromatic

#1A4E86 #246CB9 #408BDA #73AAE4 #A7C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#408BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#408BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BDA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BDA	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.141 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ace6',
    500: '#408bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bda;
$custom-light: #86ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.779,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BDA

secondary

#DBBC9B

accent

#963DEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BDA

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

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