#408CB1#408CB1

#408CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.093 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CB1
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -11.91, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 28.97, 245.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.057 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.093 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4252, 23.0185, 45.0057)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CB1 #B16540

analogous

#40B19E #408CB1 #4054B1

triadic

#408CB1 #B1408C #8CB140

tetradic

#408CB1 #9E40B1 #B16540 #54B140

square

#408CB1 #9E40B1 #B16540 #54B140

split-complementary

#408CB1 #B14054 #B19E40

monochromatic

#1F4557 #306884 #408CB1 #66A8C8 #93C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#408CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CB1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CB1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.093 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc8',
    500: '#408cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cb1;
$custom-light: #80adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.646,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60775,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CB1

secondary

#C39C89

accent

#7D51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CB1

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

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