#408EBC#408EBC

#408EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.103 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EBC
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -9.40, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 32.43, 253.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0553 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.103 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8610, 24.0647, 51.1127)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EBC #BC6E40

analogous

#40BCAC #408EBC #4050BC

triadic

#408EBC #BC408E #8EBC40

tetradic

#408EBC #AC40BC #BC6E40 #50BC40

square

#408EBC #AC40BC #BC6E40 #50BC40

split-complementary

#408EBC #BC4050 #BCAC40

monochromatic

#214961 #306C8E #408EBC #6CA9CD #9AC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#408EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EBC

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EBC	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.103 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afd0',
    500: '#408ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ebc;
$custom-light: #82afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61771,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EBC

secondary

#C9A58F

accent

#824FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EBC

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

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