#408CA9#408CA9

#408CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.086 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CA9
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -14.50, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 26.61, 237.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.06 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.086 226)
XYZ	xyz(18.6511, 22.7089, 40.9288)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CA9 #A95D40

analogous

#40A991 #408CA9 #4058A9

triadic

#408CA9 #A9408C #8CA940

tetradic

#408CA9 #9140A9 #A95D40 #58A940

square

#408CA9 #9140A9 #A95D40 #58A940

split-complementary

#408CA9 #A94058 #A99140

monochromatic

#1E4250 #2F677D #408CA9 #62A9C4 #8FC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#408CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#408CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CA9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CA9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.086 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadc2',
    500: '#408ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ca9;
$custom-light: #7fadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60414,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CA9

secondary

#C09585

accent

#7753D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CA9

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

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