#408CCA#408CCA

#408CCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.120 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCA
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -3.50, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 39.06, 264.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0488 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.12 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1491, 24.1081, 59.3517)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCA #CA7E40

analogous

#40CAC3 #408CCA #4047CA

triadic

#408CCA #CA408C #8CCA40

tetradic

#408CCA #C340CA #CA7E40 #47CA40

square

#408CCA #C340CA #CA7E40 #47CA40

split-complementary

#408CCA #CA4047 #CAC340

monochromatic

#1F4C70 #2C6CA0 #408CCA #70A9D7 #A0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408CCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#408CCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCA

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCA	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.120 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adda',
    500: '#408cca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cca;
$custom-light: #84adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62014,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCA

secondary

#D1B095

accent

#8C48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCA

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

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