#408EA4#408EA4

#408EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.083 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EA4
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -17.16, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 25.46, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0642 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.083 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4855, 23.1145, 38.6021)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EA4 #A45640

analogous

#40A488 #408EA4 #405CA4

triadic

#408EA4 #A4408E #8EA440

tetradic

#408EA4 #8840A4 #A45640 #5CA440

square

#408EA4 #8840A4 #A45640 #5CA440

split-complementary

#408EA4 #A4405C #A48840

monochromatic

#1E424C #2F6878 #408EA4 #60ACC1 #8CC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#408EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#408EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EA4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EA4	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.083 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafbf',
    500: '#408ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ea4;
$custom-light: #7fafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60686,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EA4

secondary

#BD9083

accent

#7054D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EA4

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

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