#408EC3#408EC3

#408EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.111 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC3
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -7.05, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 35.24, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.053 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.111 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6339, 24.3738, 55.1837)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC3 #C37540

analogous

#40C3B6 #408EC3 #404CC3

triadic

#408EC3 #C3408E #8EC340

tetradic

#408EC3 #B640C3 #C37540 #4CC340

square

#408EC3 #B640C3 #C37540 #4CC340

split-complementary

#408EC3 #C3404C #C3B640

monochromatic

#214B68 #2F6D97 #408EC3 #6FAAD2 #9DC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#408EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC3

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC3	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.111 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed5',
    500: '#408ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec3;
$custom-light: #83aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.275,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC3

secondary

#CCAA92

accent

#864CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC3

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

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