#408DCB#408DCB

#408DCB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DCB
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -3.74, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 39.11, 264.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0495 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.121 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4146, 24.4491, 60.0262)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DCB #CB7E40

analogous

#40CBC4 #408DCB #4047CB

triadic

#408DCB #CB408D #8DCB40

tetradic

#408DCB #C440CB #CB7E40 #47CB40

square

#408DCB #C440CB #CB7E40 #47CB40

split-complementary

#408DCB #CB4047 #CBC440

monochromatic

#1F4D72 #2C6DA2 #408DCB #70AAD8 #A0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#408DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DCB

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DCB	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aedb',
    500: '#408dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dcb;
$custom-light: #84aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.763,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62297,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DCB

secondary

#D2B095

accent

#8C47E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DCB

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

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