#408CBE#408CBE

#408CBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.107 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CBE
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -7.59, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 33.82, 257.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0525 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.107 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7831, 23.5617, 52.1578)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CBE #BE7240

analogous

#40BEB1 #408CBE #404DBE

triadic

#408CBE #BE408C #8CBE40

tetradic

#408CBE #B140BE #BE7240 #4DBE40

square

#408CBE #B140BE #BE7240 #4DBE40

split-complementary

#408CBE #BE404D #BEB140

monochromatic

#214962 #316A90 #408CBE #6DA8CE #9BC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#408CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#408CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CBE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CBE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.107 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add1',
    500: '#408cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cbe;
$custom-light: #82add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61399,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CBE

secondary

#C9A790

accent

#864FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CBE

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

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