#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
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -15.04, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 26.53, 235.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0611 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.086 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7978, 23.0024, 40.9777)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##408DA9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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