#408CCC#408CCC

#408CCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.123 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCC
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -2.81, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 39.98, 265.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0482 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.123 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3874, 24.2034, 60.6069)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCC #CC8040

analogous

#40CCC6 #408CCC #4046CC

triadic

#408CCC #CC408C #8CCC40

tetradic

#408CCC #C640CC #CC8040 #46CC40

square

#408CCC #C640CC #CC8040 #46CC40

split-complementary

#408CCC #CC4046 #CCC640

monochromatic

#1F4C73 #2C6DA3 #408CCC #70A9D9 #A1C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#408CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#408CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCC	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.123 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84addc',
    500: '#408ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ccc;
$custom-light: #84addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6212,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCC

secondary

#D2B195

accent

#8D47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCC

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

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