#408DCC#408DCC

#408DCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DCC
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -3.39, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 39.57, 265.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0492 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.122 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5342, 24.4970, 60.6558)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DCC #CC7F40

analogous

#40CCC5 #408DCC #4047CC

triadic

#408DCC #CC408D #8DCC40

tetradic

#408DCC #C540CC #CC7F40 #47CC40

square

#408DCC #C540CC #CC7F40 #47CC40

split-complementary

#408DCC #CC4047 #CCC540

monochromatic

#1F4D73 #2C6DA3 #408DCC #70AAD9 #A1C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#408DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#408DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DCC

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DCC	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aedc',
    500: '#408dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dcc;
$custom-light: #84aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62349,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DCC

secondary

#D2B195

accent

#8C47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DCC

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

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