#408CE2#408CE2

#408CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.150 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CE2
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 4.90, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 50.71, 275.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0424 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.15 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2148, 25.3344, 75.4979)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CE2 #E29640

analogous

#40DDE2 #408CE2 #4540E2

triadic

#408CE2 #E2408C #8CE240

tetradic

#408CE2 #E240DD #E29640 #40E245

square

#408CE2 #E240DD #E29640 #40E245

split-complementary

#408CE2 #E24540 #DDE240

monochromatic

#165092 #1E6DC7 #408CE2 #75ACEA #AACCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#408CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#408CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CE2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CE2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.150 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adeb',
    500: '#408ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ce2;
$custom-light: #88adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CE2

secondary

#E0C19E

accent

#9A38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CE2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →