#408DC9#408DC9

#408DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DC9
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -4.43, -37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 38.21, 263.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0501 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.118 245)
XYZ	xyz(22.1778, 24.3544, 58.7791)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DC9 #C97C40

analogous

#40C9C0 #408DC9 #4049C9

triadic

#408DC9 #C9408D #8DC940

tetradic

#408DC9 #C040C9 #C97C40 #49C940

square

#408DC9 #C040C9 #C97C40 #49C940

split-complementary

#408DC9 #C94049 #C9C040

monochromatic

#1F4C6F #2D6D9F #408DC9 #70A9D6 #9FC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#408DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DC9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DC9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aed9',
    500: '#408dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dc9;
$custom-light: #84aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.277,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.24357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DC9

secondary

#D0AF94

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DC9

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

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