#408DC6#408DC6

#408DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC6
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -5.45, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 36.88, 261.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.051 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.115 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8284, 24.2146, 56.9386)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC6 #C67940

analogous

#40C6BC #408DC6 #404AC6

triadic

#408DC6 #C6408D #8DC640

tetradic

#408DC6 #BC40C6 #C67940 #4AC640

square

#408DC6 #BC40C6 #C67940 #4AC640

split-complementary

#408DC6 #C6404A #C6BC40

monochromatic

#204B6C #2E6C9B #408DC6 #6FA9D4 #9EC5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#408DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#408DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC6	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed7',
    500: '#408dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc6;
$custom-light: #83aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.522,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC6

secondary

#CEAC93

accent

#894ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC6

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

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