#408DC8#408DC8

#408DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC8
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -4.77, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 37.76, 262.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0504 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.117 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0606, 24.3075, 58.1616)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC8 #C87B40

analogous

#40C8BF #408DC8 #4049C8

triadic

#408DC8 #C8408D #8DC840

tetradic

#408DC8 #BF40C8 #C87B40 #49C840

square

#408DC8 #BF40C8 #C87B40 #49C840

split-complementary

#408DC8 #C84049 #C8BF40

monochromatic

#204C6E #2D6D9D #408DC8 #70A9D6 #9FC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#408DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC8	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aed9',
    500: '#408dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc8;
$custom-light: #84aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC8

secondary

#D0AE94

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC8

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

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