#408EC6#408EC6

#408EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC6
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -6.03, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 36.51, 260.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.052 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.114 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9765, 24.5109, 56.9880)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC6 #C67840

analogous

#40C6BB #408EC6 #404BC6

triadic

#408EC6 #C6408E #8EC640

tetradic

#408EC6 #BB40C6 #C67840 #4BC640

square

#408EC6 #BB40C6 #C67840 #4BC640

split-complementary

#408EC6 #C6404B #C6BB40

monochromatic

#204C6C #2E6D9B #408EC6 #6FAAD4 #9EC6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#408EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#408EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC6	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed7',
    500: '#408ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec6;
$custom-light: #83aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62269,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC6

secondary

#CEAC93

accent

#884ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC6

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

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