#408EAA#408EAA

#408EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.087 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EAA
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -15.27, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 26.70, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0619 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.087 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0402, 23.3363, 41.5234)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EAA #AA5C40

analogous

#40AA91 #408EAA #4059AA

triadic

#408EAA #AA408E #8EAA40

tetradic

#408EAA #9140AA #AA5C40 #59AA40

square

#408EAA #9140AA #AA5C40 #59AA40

split-complementary

#408EAA #AA4059 #AA9140

monochromatic

#1F4451 #2F697E #408EAA #63ABC4 #8FC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#408EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#408EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EAA

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EAA	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.087 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afc3',
    500: '#408eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408eaa;
$custom-light: #80afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EAA

secondary

#C09586

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EAA

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

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