#408CCF#408CCF

#408CCF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CCF
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 207)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -1.77, -41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 41.38, 267.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0473 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.126 248)
XYZ	xyz(22.7507, 24.3487, 62.5202)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CCF #CF8340

analogous

#40CFCB #408CCF #4044CF

triadic

#408CCF #CF408C #8CCF40

tetradic

#408CCF #CB40CF #CF8340 #44CF40

square

#408CCF #CB40CF #CF8340 #44CF40

split-complementary

#408CCF #CF4044 #CFCB40

monochromatic

#1E4D77 #2A6DA8 #408CCF #71A9DB #A2C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408CCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#408CCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CCF

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CCF	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adde',
    500: '#408ccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ccf;
$custom-light: #85adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.24351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CCF

secondary

#D4B397

accent

#8F45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CCF

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

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