#408CCE#408CCE

#408CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.125 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCE
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -2.12, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 40.91, 267.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0476 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.125 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6288, 24.3000, 61.8783)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCE #CE8240

analogous

#40CEC9 #408CCE #4045CE

triadic

#408CCE #CE408C #8CCE40

tetradic

#408CCE #C940CE #CE8240 #45CE40

square

#408CCE #C940CE #CE8240 #45CE40

split-complementary

#408CCE #CE4045 #CEC940

monochromatic

#1E4D75 #2B6DA6 #408CCE #71A9DA #A1C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#408CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.125 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85addd',
    500: '#408cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cce;
$custom-light: #85addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.887,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCE

secondary

#D4B396

accent

#8E45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCE

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

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