#408ED1#408ED1

#408ED1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.127 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED1
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 209)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -2.25, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 41.47, 266.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0487 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.127 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2916, 25.0369, 63.9143)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED1 #D18340

analogous

#40D1CB #408ED1 #4045D1

triadic

#408ED1 #D1408E #8ED140

tetradic

#408ED1 #CB40D1 #D18340 #45D140

square

#408ED1 #CB40D1 #D18340 #45D140

split-complementary

#408ED1 #D14045 #D1CB40

monochromatic

#1D4F79 #296FAB #408ED1 #71ABDD #A3C8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#408ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#408ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED1

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED1	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.127 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aedf',
    500: '#408ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed1;
$custom-light: #85aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.724,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62845,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED1

secondary

#D5B497

accent

#8E44E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED1

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

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