#408CD1#408CD1

#408CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CD1
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -1.08, -42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 42.33, 268.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0467 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.129 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9967, 24.4471, 63.8160)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CD1 #D18540

analogous

#40D1CD #408CD1 #4043D1

triadic

#408CD1 #D1408C #8CD140

tetradic

#408CD1 #CD40D1 #D18540 #43D140

square

#408CD1 #CD40D1 #D18540 #43D140

split-complementary

#408CD1 #D14043 #D1CD40

monochromatic

#1D4E79 #296DAB #408CD1 #71AADD #A3C7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#408CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CD1

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CD1	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85addf',
    500: '#408cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cd1;
$custom-light: #85addf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.552,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CD1

secondary

#D5B597

accent

#9044E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CD1

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

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