#408CD4#408CD4

#408CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.132 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CD4
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -0.03, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 43.77, 269.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0459 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.132 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3716, 24.5971, 65.7906)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CD4 #D48840

analogous

#40D4D2 #408CD4 #4042D4

triadic

#408CD4 #D4408C #8CD440

tetradic

#408CD4 #D240D4 #D48840 #42D440

square

#408CD4 #D240D4 #D48840 #42D440

split-complementary

#408CD4 #D44042 #D4D240

monochromatic

#1C4E7D #276DAF #408CD4 #72AADF #A4C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#408CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#408CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CD4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CD4	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.132 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ade1',
    500: '#408cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cd4;
$custom-light: #85ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62554,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CD4

secondary

#D7B798

accent

#9242E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CD4

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

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