#408DCA#408DCA

#408DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DCA
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -4.08, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 38.66, 263.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0498 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.12 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2959, 24.4016, 59.4006)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DCA #CA7D40

analogous

#40CAC2 #408DCA #4048CA

triadic

#408DCA #CA408D #8DCA40

tetradic

#408DCA #C240CA #CA7D40 #48CA40

square

#408DCA #C240CA #CA7D40 #48CA40

split-complementary

#408DCA #CA4048 #CAC240

monochromatic

#1F4D70 #2C6DA0 #408DCA #70AAD7 #A0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#408DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DCA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DCA	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeda',
    500: '#408dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dca;
$custom-light: #84aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62244,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DCA

secondary

#D1AF95

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DCA

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

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