#408EC1#408EC1

#408EC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.109 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC1
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 193)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -7.72, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 34.41, 257.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0536 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.109 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4093, 24.2840, 54.0007)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC1 #C17340

analogous

#40C1B3 #408EC1 #404DC1

triadic

#408EC1 #C1408E #8EC140

tetradic

#408EC1 #B340C1 #C17340 #4DC140

square

#408EC1 #B340C1 #C17340 #4DC140

split-complementary

#408EC1 #C1404D #C1B340

monochromatic

#214A66 #306C94 #408EC1 #6EA9D0 #9CC5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#408EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#408EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC1	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.109 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed4',
    500: '#408ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec1;
$custom-light: #83aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62017,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC1

secondary

#CBA892

accent

#854DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC1

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

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