#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
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 214)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 0.08, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 44.28, 270.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0463 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.134 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7723, 24.9922, 67.1764)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##408DD6	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #408DD6

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

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