#408ED5#408ED5

#408ED5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED5
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 213)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -0.86, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 43.35, 268.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0476 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.132 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7931, 25.2375, 66.5553)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED5 #D58740

analogous

#40D5D2 #408ED5 #4044D5

triadic

#408ED5 #D5408E #8ED540

tetradic

#408ED5 #D240D5 #D58740 #44D540

square

#408ED5 #D240D5 #D58740 #44D540

split-complementary

#408ED5 #D54044 #D5D240

monochromatic

#1C507F #276FB1 #408ED5 #72ACE0 #A4C9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#408ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#408ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee2',
    500: '#408ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed5;
$custom-light: #86aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.591,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED5

secondary

#D8B799

accent

#9041E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED5

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

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