#408EC2#408EC2

#408EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.110 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC2
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -7.38, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 34.82, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0533 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.11 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5212, 24.3288, 54.5902)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC2 #C27440

analogous

#40C2B5 #408EC2 #404DC2

triadic

#408EC2 #C2408E #8EC240

tetradic

#408EC2 #B540C2 #C27440 #4DC240

square

#408EC2 #B540C2 #C27440 #4DC240

split-complementary

#408EC2 #C2404D #C2B540

monochromatic

#214B67 #306D95 #408EC2 #6EA9D1 #9DC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#408EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC2	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.110 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed4',
    500: '#408ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec2;
$custom-light: #83aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC2

secondary

#CCA992

accent

#864DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC2

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

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