#408DD4#408DD4

#408DD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.132 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DD4
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(209, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -0.62, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 43.32, 269.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0469 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.132 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5184, 24.8907, 65.8395)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DD4 #D48740

analogous

#40D4D1 #408DD4 #4043D4

triadic

#408DD4 #D4408D #8DD440

tetradic

#408DD4 #D140D4 #D48740 #43D440

square

#408DD4 #D140D4 #D48740 #43D440

split-complementary

#408DD4 #D44043 #D4D140

monochromatic

#1C4F7D #276EAF #408DD4 #72ABDF #A4C9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#408DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#408DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DD4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DD4	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.132 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee1',
    500: '#408dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dd4;
$custom-light: #85aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.784,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6278,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DD4

secondary

#D7B798

accent

#9142E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DD4

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

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