#408DBE#408DBE

#408DBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DBE
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -8.16, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 33.51, 255.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0536 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.106 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9299, 23.8553, 52.2067)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DBE #BE7140

analogous

#40BEB0 #408DBE #404EBE

triadic

#408DBE #BE408D #8DBE40

tetradic

#408DBE #B040BE #BE7140 #4EBE40

square

#408DBE #B040BE #BE7140 #4EBE40

split-complementary

#408DBE #BE404E #BEB040

monochromatic

#214962 #316B90 #408DBE #6DA8CE #9BC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#408DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DBE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DBE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed1',
    500: '#408dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dbe;
$custom-light: #82aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61634,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DBE

secondary

#C9A790

accent

#854FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DBE

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

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