#408DC4#408DC4

#408DC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC4
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -6.13, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 36.01, 260.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0516 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.113 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5992, 24.1230, 55.7317)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC4 #C47740

analogous

#40C4B9 #408DC4 #404BC4

triadic

#408DC4 #C4408D #8DC440

tetradic

#408DC4 #B940C4 #C47740 #4BC440

square

#408DC4 #B940C4 #C47740 #4BC440

split-complementary

#408DC4 #C4404B #C4B940

monochromatic

#204B69 #2F6C98 #408DC4 #6FA9D2 #9EC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#408DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC4	1.00	3.61	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed6',
    500: '#408dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc4;
$custom-light: #83aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61934,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC4

secondary

#CDAB93

accent

#884CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC4

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

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