#408ED4#408ED4

#408ED4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.131 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED4
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 212)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 33%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -1.20, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 42.88, 268.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0478 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.131 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6665, 25.1869, 65.8889)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED4 #D48640

analogous

#40D4D0 #408ED4 #4044D4

triadic

#408ED4 #D4408E #8ED440

tetradic

#408ED4 #D040D4 #D48640 #44D440

square

#408ED4 #D040D4 #D48640 #44D440

split-complementary

#408ED4 #D44044 #D4D040

monochromatic

#1C4F7D #276FAF #408ED4 #72ACDF #A4C9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#408ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#408ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED4	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.131 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee1',
    500: '#408ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed4;
$custom-light: #86aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.378,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63007,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED4

secondary

#D7B698

accent

#8F42E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED4

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

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