#408DDA#408DDA

#408DDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.139 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408DDA
RGB	rgb(64, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 1.48, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 46.23, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0453 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.139 251)
XYZ	xyz(24.2894, 25.1990, 69.8999)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408DDA #DA8D40

analogous

#40DADA #408DDA #4040DA

triadic

#408DDA #DA408D #8DDA40

tetradic

#408DDA #DA40DA #DA8D40 #40DA40

square

#408DDA #DA40DA #DA8D40 #40DA40

split-complementary

#408DDA #DA4040 #DADA40

monochromatic

#1A5086 #246EB9 #408DDA #73ACE4 #A7CAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#408DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#408DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408DDA

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408DDA	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.139 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ade6',
    500: '#408dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408dda;
$custom-light: #87ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.25202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408DDA

secondary

#DBBB9B

accent

#943DEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408DDA

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

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