#408DAD#408DAD

#408DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.089 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DAD
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -13.76, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 27.58, 240.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0596 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.09 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1791, 23.1549, 42.9857)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DAD #AD6040

analogous

#40AD97 #408DAD #4056AD

triadic

#408DAD #AD408D #8DAD40

tetradic

#408DAD #9740AD #AD6040 #56AD40

square

#408DAD #9740AD #AD6040 #56AD40

split-complementary

#408DAD #AD4056 #AD9740

monochromatic

#1F4454 #2F6980 #408DAD #64A9C6 #91C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#408DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#408DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DAD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DAD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.089 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aec5',
    500: '#408dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dad;
$custom-light: #80aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60834,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DAD

secondary

#C29887

accent

#7952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DAD

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

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