#408BE2#408BE2

#408BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.151 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BE2
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 5.49, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 51.21, 276.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0414 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.151 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0694, 25.0435, 75.4494)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BE2 #E29740

analogous

#40DCE2 #408BE2 #4640E2

triadic

#408BE2 #E2408B #8BE240

tetradic

#408BE2 #E240DC #E29740 #40E246

square

#408BE2 #E240DC #E29740 #40E246

split-complementary

#408BE2 #E24640 #DCE240

monochromatic

#164F92 #1E6CC7 #408BE2 #75ABEA #AACCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#408BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#408BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BE2

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BE2	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.151 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aceb',
    500: '#408be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408be2;
$custom-light: #88aceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63132,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BE2

secondary

#E0C19E

accent

#9B38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BE2

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

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