#408CC1#408CC1

#408CC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.110 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC1
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -6.58, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 35.08, 259.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0515 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.11 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.1144, 23.6942, 53.9024)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC1 #C17540

analogous

#40C1B5 #408CC1 #404BC1

triadic

#408CC1 #C1408C #8CC140

tetradic

#408CC1 #B540C1 #C17540 #4BC140

square

#408CC1 #B540C1 #C17540 #4BC140

split-complementary

#408CC1 #C1404B #C1B540

monochromatic

#214966 #306B94 #408CC1 #6EA8D0 #9CC4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#408CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#408CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC1

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC1	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.110 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82add4',
    500: '#408cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc1;
$custom-light: #82add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.651,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.23696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC1

secondary

#CBA992

accent

#874DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC1

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

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