#408EC9#408EC9

#408EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EC9
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -5.00, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 37.82, 262.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0511 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.118 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3260, 24.6507, 58.8285)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EC9 #C97B40

analogous

#40C9BF #408EC9 #404AC9

triadic

#408EC9 #C9408E #8EC940

tetradic

#408EC9 #BF40C9 #C97B40 #4AC940

square

#408EC9 #BF40C9 #C97B40 #4AC940

split-complementary

#408EC9 #C9404A #C9BF40

monochromatic

#1F4D6F #2D6E9F #408EC9 #70AAD6 #9FC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#408EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#408EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EC9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EC9	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aed9',
    500: '#408ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ec9;
$custom-light: #84aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.839,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EC9

secondary

#D0AE94

accent

#8949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EC9

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

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