#408CC5#408CC5

#408CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC5
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -5.22, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 36.81, 261.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0503 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.114 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5667, 23.8751, 56.2843)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC5 #C57940

analogous

#40C5BB #408CC5 #4049C5

triadic

#408CC5 #C5408C #8CC540

tetradic

#408CC5 #BB40C5 #C57940 #49C540

square

#408CC5 #BB40C5 #C57940 #49C540

split-complementary

#408CC5 #C54049 #C5BB40

monochromatic

#204B6A #2F6C99 #408CC5 #6FA8D3 #9EC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#408CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC5	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add7',
    500: '#408cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc5;
$custom-light: #83add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61753,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC5

secondary

#CEAC93

accent

#894BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC5

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

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