#408ED0#408ED0

#408ED0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED0
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -2.59, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 41.00, 266.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.049 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.126 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1682, 24.9876, 63.2644)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED0 #D08240

analogous

#40D0CA #408ED0 #4046D0

triadic

#408ED0 #D0408E #8ED040

tetradic

#408ED0 #CA40D0 #D08240 #46D040

square

#408ED0 #CA40D0 #D08240 #46D040

split-complementary

#408ED0 #D04046 #D0CA40

monochromatic

#1E4F78 #2A6FA9 #408ED0 #71ABDC #A2C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#408ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#408ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED0

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED0	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aede',
    500: '#408ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed0;
$custom-light: #85aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62791,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED0

secondary

#D5B397

accent

#8D44E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED0

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

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