#408CBA#408CBA

#408CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.102 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CBA
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -8.93, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 32.22, 253.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0539 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.102 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3520, 23.3892, 49.8869)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CBA #BA6E40

analogous

#40BAAB #408CBA #404FBA

triadic

#408CBA #BA408C #8CBA40

tetradic

#408CBA #AB40BA #BA6E40 #4FBA40

square

#408CBA #AB40BA #BA6E40 #4FBA40

split-complementary

#408CBA #BA404F #BAAB40

monochromatic

#21475F #306A8C #408CBA #6BA8CC #99C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#408CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#408CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CBA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CBA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.102 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adcf',
    500: '#408cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cba;
$custom-light: #81adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61202,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CBA

secondary

#C8A48E

accent

#834FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CBA

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

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