#408BEA#408BEA

#408BEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.161 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408BEA
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 8.34, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 55.31, 278.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0397 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.161 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1928, 25.4928, 81.3661)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408BEA #EA9F40

analogous

#40E0EA #408BEA #4A40EA

triadic

#408BEA #EA408B #8BEA40

tetradic

#408BEA #EA40E0 #EA9F40 #40EA4A

square

#408BEA #EA40E0 #EA9F40 #40EA4A

split-complementary

#408BEA #EA4A40 #E0EA40

monochromatic

#11509E #176BD5 #408BEA #77ACF0 #AECEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#408BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#408BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408BEA

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408BEA	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E93EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.161 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acf1',
    500: '#408bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408bea;
$custom-light: #89acf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 80.189,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408BEA

secondary

#E5C7A1

accent

#A031F7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #408BEA

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

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