#408CC9#408CC9

#408CC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CC9
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -3.85, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 38.60, 264.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0491 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.119 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0311, 24.0609, 58.7302)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CC9 #C97D40

analogous

#40C9C1 #408CC9 #4048C9

triadic

#408CC9 #C9408C #8CC940

tetradic

#408CC9 #C140C9 #C97D40 #48C940

square

#408CC9 #C140C9 #C97D40 #48C940

split-complementary

#408CC9 #C94048 #C9C140

monochromatic

#1F4C6F #2D6C9F #408CC9 #70A9D6 #9FC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#408CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CC9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CC9	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84add9',
    500: '#408cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cc9;
$custom-light: #84add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.715,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61961,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CC9

secondary

#D0AF94

accent

#8C49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CC9

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

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