#408EB5#408EB5

#408EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.096 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EB5
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -11.72, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 29.90, 246.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0577 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.096 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1246, 23.7701, 47.2346)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EB5 #B56740

analogous

#40B5A1 #408EB5 #4053B5

triadic

#408EB5 #B5408E #8EB540

tetradic

#408EB5 #A140B5 #B56740 #53B540

square

#408EB5 #A140B5 #B56740 #53B540

split-complementary

#408EB5 #B54053 #B5A140

monochromatic

#20475B #306B88 #408EB5 #68A9CA #96C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#408EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#408EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EB5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EB5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.096 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afcb',
    500: '#408eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408eb5;
$custom-light: #81afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61439,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EB5

secondary

#C59F8B

accent

#7D50D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EB5

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

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