#408CA8#408CA8

#408CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.086 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CA8
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -14.81, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 26.36, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0604 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.086 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5575, 22.6715, 40.4362)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CA8 #A85C40

analogous

#40A890 #408CA8 #4058A8

triadic

#408CA8 #A8408C #8CA840

tetradic

#408CA8 #9040A8 #A85C40 #58A840

square

#408CA8 #9040A8 #A85C40 #58A840

split-complementary

#408CA8 #A84058 #A89040

monochromatic

#1E424F #2F677C #408CA8 #62A9C3 #8EC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#408CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CA8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CA8	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	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)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.086 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc2',
    500: '#408ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ca8;
$custom-light: #7fadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6037,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CA8

secondary

#BF9485

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CA8

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

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