#408EBA#408EBA

#408EBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EBA
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -10.06, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 31.67, 251.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.056 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.101 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6469, 23.9790, 49.9852)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EBA #BA6C40

analogous

#40BAA9 #408EBA #4051BA

triadic

#408EBA #BA408E #8EBA40

tetradic

#408EBA #A940BA #BA6C40 #51BA40

square

#408EBA #A940BA #BA6C40 #51BA40

split-complementary

#408EBA #BA4051 #BAA940

monochromatic

#21485F #306B8C #408EBA #6BA9CC #99C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#408EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#408EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EBA

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EBA	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afcf',
    500: '#408eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408eba;
$custom-light: #82afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61675,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EBA

secondary

#C8A38E

accent

#814FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EBA

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

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