#408DCE#408DCE

#408DCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DCE
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -2.70, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 40.49, 266.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0486 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.124 247)
XYZ	xyz(22.7756, 24.5935, 61.9273)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DCE #CE8140

analogous

#40CEC8 #408DCE #4046CE

triadic

#408DCE #CE408D #8DCE40

tetradic

#408DCE #C840CE #CE8140 #46CE40

square

#408DCE #C840CE #CE8140 #46CE40

split-complementary

#408DCE #CE4046 #CEC840

monochromatic

#1E4D75 #2B6EA6 #408DCE #71AADA #A1C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#408DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#408DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DCE

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DCE	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aedd',
    500: '#408dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dce;
$custom-light: #85aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.465,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62456,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.24596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DCE

secondary

#D4B296

accent

#8D45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DCE

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

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