#408EB7#408EB7

#408EB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.098 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EB7
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -11.06, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 30.59, 248.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.057 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.098 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3313, 23.8528, 48.3231)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EB7 #B76940

analogous

#40B7A4 #408EB7 #4053B7

triadic

#408EB7 #B7408E #8EB740

tetradic

#408EB7 #A440B7 #B76940 #53B740

square

#408EB7 #A440B7 #B76940 #53B740

split-complementary

#408EB7 #B74053 #B7A440

monochromatic

#20485C #306B8A #408EB7 #69A9CB #97C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#408EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#408EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EB7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EB7	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.098 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afcc',
    500: '#408eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408eb7;
$custom-light: #81afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61533,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EB7

secondary

#C6A08D

accent

#7F50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EB7

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

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