#408CC4#408CC4

#408CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.113 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC4
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -5.56, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 36.37, 261.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0506 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.113 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4525, 23.8294, 55.6828)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC4 #C47840

analogous

#40C4BA #408CC4 #404AC4

triadic

#408CC4 #C4408C #8CC440

tetradic

#408CC4 #BA40C4 #C47840 #4AC440

square

#408CC4 #BA40C4 #C47840 #4AC440

split-complementary

#408CC4 #C4404A #C4BA40

monochromatic

#204A69 #2F6B98 #408CC4 #6FA8D2 #9EC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#408CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC4	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.113 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add6',
    500: '#408cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc4;
$custom-light: #83add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC4

secondary

#CDAB93

accent

#894CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC4

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

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