#408ED2#408ED2

#408ED2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.128 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED2
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -1.90, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 41.93, 267.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0484 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.128 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4158, 25.0866, 64.5684)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED2 #D28440

analogous

#40D2CD #408ED2 #4045D2

triadic

#408ED2 #D2408E #8ED240

tetradic

#408ED2 #CD40D2 #D28440 #45D240

square

#408ED2 #CD40D2 #D28440 #45D240

split-complementary

#408ED2 #D24045 #D2CD40

monochromatic

#1D4F7B #296FAC #408ED2 #72ABDE #A3C9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#408ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#408ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.128 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aee0',
    500: '#408ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed2;
$custom-light: #85aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED2

secondary

#D6B598

accent

#8E43E5

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED2

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

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