#408ECE#408ECE

#408ECE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ECE
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -3.28, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 40.08, 265.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0496 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.123 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9237, 24.8898, 61.9766)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ECE #CE8040

analogous

#40CEC7 #408ECE #4047CE

triadic

#408ECE #CE408E #8ECE40

tetradic

#408ECE #C740CE #CE8040 #47CE40

square

#408ECE #C740CE #CE8040 #47CE40

split-complementary

#408ECE #CE4047 #CEC740

monochromatic

#1E4E75 #2B6EA6 #408ECE #71ABDA #A1C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#408ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#408ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ECE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ECE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aedd',
    500: '#408ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ece;
$custom-light: #85aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.042,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62685,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ECE

secondary

#D4B296

accent

#8C45E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ECE

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

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