#408CAE#408CAE

#408CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.091 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CAE
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -12.89, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 28.02, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0581 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.091 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1294, 22.9002, 43.4482)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CAE #AE6240

analogous

#40AE99 #408CAE #4055AE

triadic

#408CAE #AE408C #8CAE40

tetradic

#408CAE #9940AE #AE6240 #55AE40

square

#408CAE #9940AE #AE6240 #55AE40

split-complementary

#408CAE #AE4055 #AE9940

monochromatic

#1F4455 #306881 #408CAE #65A8C6 #92C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#408CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#408CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CAE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.091 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc6',
    500: '#408cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cae;
$custom-light: #80adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60638,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CAE

secondary

#C29A88

accent

#7B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CAE

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

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