#408CC2#408CC2

#408CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.111 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC2
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -6.24, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 35.50, 259.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0512 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.111 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2263, 23.7390, 54.4919)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC2 #C27640

analogous

#40C2B7 #408CC2 #404BC2

triadic

#408CC2 #C2408C #8CC240

tetradic

#408CC2 #B740C2 #C27640 #4BC240

square

#408CC2 #B740C2 #C27640 #4BC240

split-complementary

#408CC2 #C2404B #C2B740

monochromatic

#214A67 #306B95 #408CC2 #6EA8D1 #9DC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#408CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#408CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.111 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add4',
    500: '#408cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc2;
$custom-light: #83add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.616,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC2

secondary

#CCAA92

accent

#884DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC2

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

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