#408CD5#408CD5

#408CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.134 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CD5
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 0.32, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 44.25, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0456 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.134 250)
XYZ	xyz(23.4982, 24.6477, 66.4570)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CD5 #D58940

analogous

#40D5D3 #408CD5 #4042D5

triadic

#408CD5 #D5408C #8CD540

tetradic

#408CD5 #D340D5 #D58940 #42D540

square

#408CD5 #D340D5 #D58940 #42D540

split-complementary

#408CD5 #D54042 #D5D340

monochromatic

#1C4E7F #276DB1 #408CD5 #72AAE0 #A4C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#408CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#408CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CD5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CD5	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.134 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade2',
    500: '#408cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cd5;
$custom-light: #86ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.396,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6261,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.2465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CD5

secondary

#D8B899

accent

#9241E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CD5

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

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