#408CC8#408CC8

#408CC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.118 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC8
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -4.19, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 38.15, 263.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0494 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.118 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9138, 24.0140, 58.1126)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC8 #C87C40

analogous

#40C8C0 #408CC8 #4048C8

triadic

#408CC8 #C8408C #8CC840

tetradic

#408CC8 #C040C8 #C87C40 #48C840

square

#408CC8 #C040C8 #C87C40 #48C840

split-complementary

#408CC8 #C84048 #C8C040

monochromatic

#204B6E #2D6C9D #408CC8 #70A9D6 #9FC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#408CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.118 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84add9',
    500: '#408cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc8;
$custom-light: #84add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC8

secondary

#D0AE94

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC8

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

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