#408BDE#408BDE

#408BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.146 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BDE
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 4.08, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 49.19, 274.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0424 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.146 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5269, 24.8265, 72.5924)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BDE #DE9340

analogous

#40DADE #408BDE #4440DE

triadic

#408BDE #DE408B #8BDE40

tetradic

#408BDE #DE40DA #DE9340 #40DE44

square

#408BDE #DE40DA #DE9340 #40DE44

split-complementary

#408BDE #DE4440 #DADE40

monochromatic

#184F8B #216CC0 #408BDE #74ABE7 #A8CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#408BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#408BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BDE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BDE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.146 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ace9',
    500: '#408bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bde;
$custom-light: #87ace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.519,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62897,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BDE

secondary

#DEBF9C

accent

#983AED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BDE

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

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