#408DD6#408DD6

#408DD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.134 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#408DD6
RGBrgb(64, 141, 214)
HSLhsl(209, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(209, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(57.07, 0.08, -44.28)
CIE-LCHlch(57.07, 44.28, 270.10°)
OKLaboklab(62.89% -0.0463 -0.1257)
OKLCHoklch(62.89% 0.134 249.8)
XYZxyz(23.7723, 24.9922, 67.1764)
Luminance0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#408DD6 #D68940
analogous
#40D6D4 #408DD6 #4042D6
triadic
#408DD6 #D6408D #8DD640
tetradic
#408DD6 #D440D6 #D68940 #42D640
square
#408DD6 #D440D6 #D68940 #42D640
split-complementary
#408DD6 #D64042 #D6D440
monochromatic
#1B4F80 #266EB2 #408DD6 #72ABE1 #A5C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#408DD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00
#408DD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DD6
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##408DD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##408DD61.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C91D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5783D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #408dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.134 249.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee3',
    500: '#408dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #408dd6;
$custom-light: #86aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#408dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#408DD6
secondary
#D9B899
accent
#9240E8
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

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#408DD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva