#408DD2#408DD2

#408DD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.129 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DD2
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -1.32, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 42.37, 268.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0474 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.129 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2677, 24.7904, 64.5190)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DD2 #D28540

analogous

#40D2CE #408DD2 #4044D2

triadic

#408DD2 #D2408D #8DD240

tetradic

#408DD2 #CE40D2 #D28540 #44D240

square

#408DD2 #CE40D2 #D28540 #44D240

split-complementary

#408DD2 #D24044 #D2CE40

monochromatic

#1D4E7B #296EAC #408DD2 #72ABDE #A3C8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#408DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#408DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DD2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DD2	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.129 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee0',
    500: '#408dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dd2;
$custom-light: #85aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.356,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DD2

secondary

#D6B598

accent

#8F43E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DD2

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

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