#408CA5#408CA5

#408CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.084 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CA5
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -15.76, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 25.67, 232.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0616 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.084 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2813, 22.5609, 38.9813)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CA5 #A55940

analogous

#40A58B #408CA5 #405AA5

triadic

#408CA5 #A5408C #8CA540

tetradic

#408CA5 #8B40A5 #A55940 #5AA540

square

#408CA5 #8B40A5 #A55940 #5AA540

split-complementary

#408CA5 #A5405A #A58B40

monochromatic

#1E414D #2F6779 #408CA5 #61AAC2 #8DC1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#408CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#408CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CA5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CA5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.084 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadbf',
    500: '#408ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ca5;
$custom-light: #7fadbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6024,
    "c": 0.08351,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CA5

secondary

#BE9283

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CA5

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

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