#408DA9#408DA9

#408DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.086 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#408DA9
RGBrgb(64, 141, 169)
HSLhsl(196, 45%, 46%)
HSVhsv(196, 62%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.07, -15.04, -21.85)
CIE-LCHlch(55.07, 26.53, 235.46°)
OKLaboklab(60.66% -0.0611 -0.0609)
OKLCHoklch(60.66% 0.086 224.9)
XYZxyz(18.7978, 23.0024, 40.9777)
Luminance0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#408DA9 #A95C40
analogous
#40A990 #408DA9 #4058A9
triadic
#408DA9 #A9408D #8DA940
tetradic
#408DA9 #9040A9 #A95C40 #58A940
square
#408DA9 #9040A9 #A95C40 #58A940
split-complementary
#408DA9 #A94058 #A99040
monochromatic
#1E4350 #2F687D #408DA9 #62AAC4 #8FC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75
#408DA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60
#408DA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DA9
5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##408DA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##408DA91.003.755.605.60
#FFFFFF3.751.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6021.001.001.00
##0000005.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E8AAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F7FA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009596
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #408da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.086 224.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec2',
    500: '#408da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #408da9;
$custom-light: #7faec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#408da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.08631,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#408DA9
secondary
#C09585
accent
#7653D5
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F7
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1012
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DA9

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#408DA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva