#408DBF#408DBF

#408DBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DBF
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -7.83, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 33.91, 256.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0532 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.107 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0396, 23.8991, 52.7843)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DBF #BF7240

analogous

#40BFB1 #408DBF #404EBF

triadic

#408DBF #BF408D #8DBF40

tetradic

#408DBF #B140BF #BF7240 #4EBF40

square

#408DBF #B140BF #BF7240 #4EBF40

split-complementary

#408DBF #BF404E #BFB140

monochromatic

#214963 #316B91 #408DBF #6EA8CE #9CC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#408DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#408DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DBF

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DBF	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aed2',
    500: '#408dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dbf;
$custom-light: #82aed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.622,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DBF

secondary

#CAA791

accent

#854ED9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DBF

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

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