#408EC8#408EC8

#408EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC8
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -5.34, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 37.38, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0514 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.116 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2087, 24.6038, 58.2109)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC8 #C87A40

analogous

#40C8BE #408EC8 #404AC8

triadic

#408EC8 #C8408E #8EC840

tetradic

#408EC8 #BE40C8 #C87A40 #4AC840

square

#408EC8 #BE40C8 #C87A40 #4AC840

split-complementary

#408EC8 #C8404A #C8BE40

monochromatic

#204D6E #2D6E9D #408EC8 #70AAD6 #9FC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#408EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#408EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC8	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aed9',
    500: '#408ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec8;
$custom-light: #84aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC8

secondary

#D0AE94

accent

#8949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC8

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

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