#408DA5#408DA5

#408DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.083 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DA5
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -16.31, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 25.65, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0627 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.083 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4281, 22.8545, 39.0302)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DA5 #A55840

analogous

#40A58A #408DA5 #405BA5

triadic

#408DA5 #A5408D #8DA540

tetradic

#408DA5 #8A40A5 #A55840 #5BA540

square

#408DA5 #8A40A5 #A55840 #5BA540

split-complementary

#408DA5 #A5405B #A58A40

monochromatic

#1E424D #2F6779 #408DA5 #61ABC2 #8DC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#408DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#408DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DA5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DA5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.083 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faebf',
    500: '#408da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408da5;
$custom-light: #7faebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60484,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DA5

secondary

#BE9183

accent

#7254D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DA5

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

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