#408DC2#408DC2

#408DC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.110 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC2
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -6.81, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 35.16, 258.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0522 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.11 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3731, 24.0325, 54.5408)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC2 #C27540

analogous

#40C2B6 #408DC2 #404CC2

triadic

#408DC2 #C2408D #8DC240

tetradic

#408DC2 #B640C2 #C27540 #4CC240

square

#408DC2 #B640C2 #C27540 #4CC240

split-complementary

#408DC2 #C2404C #C2B640

monochromatic

#214A67 #306C95 #408DC2 #6EA9D1 #9DC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#408DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC2

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC2	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.110 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed4',
    500: '#408dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc2;
$custom-light: #83aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61833,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC2

secondary

#CCAA92

accent

#874DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC2

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

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