#408CCB#408CCB

#408CCB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCB
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -3.16, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 39.52, 265.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0485 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.122 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2679, 24.1556, 59.9773)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCB #CB7F40

analogous

#40CBC4 #408CCB #4047CB

triadic

#408CCB #CB408C #8CCB40

tetradic

#408CCB #C440CB #CB7F40 #47CB40

square

#408CCB #C440CB #CB7F40 #47CB40

split-complementary

#408CCB #CB4047 #CBC440

monochromatic

#1F4C72 #2C6CA2 #408CCB #70A9D8 #A0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#408CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#408CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCB

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCB	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84addb',
    500: '#408ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ccb;
$custom-light: #84addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.194,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCB

secondary

#D2B195

accent

#8D47E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCB

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

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