#408CC6#408CC6

#408CC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC6
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -4.88, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 37.25, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.05 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.116 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6816, 23.9211, 56.8897)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC6 #C67A40

analogous

#40C6BD #408CC6 #4049C6

triadic

#408CC6 #C6408C #8CC640

tetradic

#408CC6 #BD40C6 #C67A40 #49C640

square

#408CC6 #BD40C6 #C67A40 #49C640

split-complementary

#408CC6 #C64049 #C6BD40

monochromatic

#204B6C #2E6C9B #408CC6 #6FA8D4 #9EC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#408CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#408CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC6	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add7',
    500: '#408cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc6;
$custom-light: #83add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61805,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC6

secondary

#CEAD93

accent

#8A4ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC6

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

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