#408CA7#408CA7

#408CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.085 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CA7
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -15.13, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 26.12, 234.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0608 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.085 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4647, 22.6343, 39.9475)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CA7 #A75B40

analogous

#40A78E #408CA7 #4058A7

triadic

#408CA7 #A7408C #8CA740

tetradic

#408CA7 #8E40A7 #A75B40 #58A740

square

#408CA7 #8E40A7 #A75B40 #58A740

split-complementary

#408CA7 #A74058 #A78E40

monochromatic

#1E424F #2F677B #408CA7 #62A9C3 #8EC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#408CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#408CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CA7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CA7	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.085 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc1',
    500: '#408ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ca7;
$custom-light: #7fadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60327,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CA7

secondary

#BF9484

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CA7

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

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