#408DAA#408DAA

#408DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.087 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DAA
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -14.73, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 26.78, 236.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0608 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.087 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8921, 23.0401, 41.4740)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DAA #AA5D40

analogous

#40AA92 #408DAA #4058AA

triadic

#408DAA #AA408D #8DAA40

tetradic

#408DAA #9240AA #AA5D40 #58AA40

square

#408DAA #9240AA #AA5D40 #58AA40

split-complementary

#408DAA #AA4058 #AA9240

monochromatic

#1F4351 #2F687E #408DAA #63AAC4 #8FC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#408DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#408DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DAA

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DAA	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.087 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec3',
    500: '#408daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408daa;
$custom-light: #7faec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.607,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DAA

secondary

#C09686

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DAA

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

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