#408DA8#408DA8

#408DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DA8
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -15.36, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 26.29, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0615 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.086 224)
XYZ	xyz(18.7043, 22.9650, 40.4852)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DA8 #A85B40

analogous

#40A88F #408DA8 #4059A8

triadic

#408DA8 #A8408D #8DA840

tetradic

#408DA8 #8F40A8 #A85B40 #59A840

square

#408DA8 #8F40A8 #A85B40 #59A840

split-complementary

#408DA8 #A84059 #A88F40

monochromatic

#1E434F #2F687C #408DA8 #62AAC3 #8EC2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#408DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DA8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DA8	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec2',
    500: '#408da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408da8;
$custom-light: #7faec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60613,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.22967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DA8

secondary

#BF9485

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DA8

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

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