#408CD0#408CD0

#408CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.128 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CD0
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -1.43, -41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 41.86, 268.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.047 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.128 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8733, 24.3978, 63.1661)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CD0 #D08440

analogous

#40D0CC #408CD0 #4044D0

triadic

#408CD0 #D0408C #8CD040

tetradic

#408CD0 #CC40D0 #D08440 #44D040

square

#408CD0 #CC40D0 #D08440 #44D040

split-complementary

#408CD0 #D04044 #D0CC40

monochromatic

#1E4D78 #2A6DA9 #408CD0 #71AADC #A2C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#408CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CD0

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CD0	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.128 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adde',
    500: '#408cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cd0;
$custom-light: #85adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62335,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CD0

secondary

#D5B497

accent

#8F44E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CD0

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

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