#408EC4#408EC4

#408EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC4
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -6.71, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 35.66, 259.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0526 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.112 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7474, 24.4192, 55.7811)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC4 #C47640

analogous

#40C4B8 #408EC4 #404CC4

triadic

#408EC4 #C4408E #8EC440

tetradic

#408EC4 #B840C4 #C47640 #4CC440

square

#408EC4 #B840C4 #C47640 #4CC440

split-complementary

#408EC4 #C4404C #C4B840

monochromatic

#204B69 #2F6D98 #408EC4 #6FAAD2 #9EC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#408EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#408EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC4

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC4	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)

#758FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed6',
    500: '#408ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec4;
$custom-light: #83aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62167,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC4

secondary

#CDAB93

accent

#874CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC4

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

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