#408EA1#408EA1

#408EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.081 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EA1
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -18.09, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 25.00, 223.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0655 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.081 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2178, 23.0074, 37.1921)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EA1 #A15340

analogous

#40A184 #408EA1 #405EA1

triadic

#408EA1 #A1408E #8EA140

tetradic

#408EA1 #8440A1 #A15340 #5EA140

square

#408EA1 #8440A1 #A15340 #5EA140

split-complementary

#408EA1 #A1405E #A18440

monochromatic

#1D4149 #2F6775 #408EA1 #5FACBF #8BC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#408EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#408EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EA1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EA1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.081 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafbc',
    500: '#408ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ea1;
$custom-light: #7fafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.753,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60561,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EA1

secondary

#BC8D81

accent

#6E55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EA1

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

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