#408CDA#408CDA

#408CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.140 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CDA
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 2.07, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 46.70, 272.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0443 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.14 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1426, 24.9055, 69.8509)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CDA #DA8E40

analogous

#40D9DA #408CDA #4140DA

triadic

#408CDA #DA408C #8CDA40

tetradic

#408CDA #DA40D9 #DA8E40 #40DA41

square

#408CDA #DA40D9 #DA8E40 #40DA41

split-complementary

#408CDA #DA4140 #D9DA40

monochromatic

#1A4F86 #246DB9 #408CDA #73ABE4 #A7CAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#408CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#408CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CDA

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CDA	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.140 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ade6',
    500: '#408cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cda;
$custom-light: #87ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.39,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CDA

secondary

#DBBB9B

accent

#953DEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CDA

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

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