#408DC7#408DC7

#408DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC7
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -5.11, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 37.32, 262.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0507 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.116 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9441, 24.2609, 57.5481)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC7 #C77A40

analogous

#40C7BE #408DC7 #404AC7

triadic

#408DC7 #C7408D #8DC740

tetradic

#408DC7 #BE40C7 #C77A40 #4AC740

square

#408DC7 #BE40C7 #C77A40 #4AC740

split-complementary

#408DC7 #C7404A #C7BE40

monochromatic

#204C6D #2E6D9C #408DC7 #6FA9D5 #9FC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#408DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#408DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC7

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC7	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed8',
    500: '#408dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc7;
$custom-light: #83aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62088,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC7

secondary

#CFAD94

accent

#894ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC7

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

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