#408CCD#408CCD

#408CCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCD
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -2.47, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 40.44, 266.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0479 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.124 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5077, 24.2515, 61.2406)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCD #CD8140

analogous

#40CDC8 #408CCD #4045CD

triadic

#408CCD #CD408C #8CCD40

tetradic

#408CCD #C840CD #CD8140 #45CD40

square

#408CCD #C840CD #CD8140 #45CD40

split-complementary

#408CCD #CD4045 #CDC840

monochromatic

#1E4D74 #2B6DA5 #408CCD #71A9DA #A1C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#408CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#408CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 247.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.66,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62173,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCD

secondary

#D3B296

accent

#8E46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCD

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

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