#408EA5#408EA5

#408EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.083 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EA5
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -16.85, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 25.64, 228.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0638 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.083 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5762, 23.1507, 39.0796)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EA5 #A55740

analogous

#40A589 #408EA5 #405CA5

triadic

#408EA5 #A5408E #8EA540

tetradic

#408EA5 #8940A5 #A55740 #5CA540

square

#408EA5 #8940A5 #A55740 #5CA540

split-complementary

#408EA5 #A5405C #A58940

monochromatic

#1E424D #2F6879 #408EA5 #61ABC2 #8DC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#408EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#408EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EA5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EA5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.083 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafbf',
    500: '#408ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ea5;
$custom-light: #7fafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60728,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EA5

secondary

#BE9083

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →