#408DD5#408DD5

#408DD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.133 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DD5
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 213)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, -0.27, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 43.80, 269.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0466 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.133 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6450, 24.9413, 66.5059)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DD5 #D58840

analogous

#40D5D2 #408DD5 #4043D5

triadic

#408DD5 #D5408D #8DD540

tetradic

#408DD5 #D240D5 #D58840 #43D540

square

#408DD5 #D240D5 #D58840 #43D540

split-complementary

#408DD5 #D54043 #D5D240

monochromatic

#1C4F7F #276EB1 #408DD5 #72ABE0 #A4C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#408DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#408DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DD5

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DD5	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.133 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee2',
    500: '#408dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dd5;
$custom-light: #86aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.993,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62835,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DD5

secondary

#D8B799

accent

#9141E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DD5

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

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