#408CC7#408CC7

#408CC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC7
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -4.53, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 37.70, 263.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0497 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.117 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7973, 23.9674, 57.4992)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC7 #C77B40

analogous

#40C7BF #408CC7 #4049C7

triadic

#408CC7 #C7408C #8CC740

tetradic

#408CC7 #BF40C7 #C77B40 #49C740

square

#408CC7 #BF40C7 #C77B40 #49C740

split-complementary

#408CC7 #C74049 #C7BF40

monochromatic

#204B6D #2E6C9C #408CC7 #6FA8D5 #9FC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#408CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC7

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC7	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83add8',
    500: '#408cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc7;
$custom-light: #83add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61857,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC7

secondary

#CFAE94

accent

#8B4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC7

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

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