#408DBC#408DBC

#408DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.104 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DBC
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -8.83, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 32.71, 254.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0542 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.104 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7128, 23.7684, 51.0634)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DBC #BC6F40

analogous

#40BCAD #408DBC #404FBC

triadic

#408DBC #BC408D #8DBC40

tetradic

#408DBC #AD40BC #BC6F40 #4FBC40

square

#408DBC #AD40BC #BC6F40 #4FBC40

split-complementary

#408DBC #BC404F #BCAD40

monochromatic

#214961 #306B8E #408DBC #6CA8CD #9AC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#408DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#408DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DBC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DBC	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.104 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed0',
    500: '#408dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dbc;
$custom-light: #82aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DBC

secondary

#C9A58F

accent

#834FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DBC

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

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