#408ED8#408ED8

#408ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.135 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED8
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 0.19, -44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 44.79, 270.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0467 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.135 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1774, 25.3912, 68.5792)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED8 #D88A40

analogous

#40D8D6 #408ED8 #4042D8

triadic

#408ED8 #D8408E #8ED840

tetradic

#408ED8 #D640D8 #D88A40 #42D840

square

#408ED8 #D640D8 #D88A40 #42D840

split-complementary

#408ED8 #D84042 #D8D640

monochromatic

#1B5083 #256FB6 #408ED8 #73ACE2 #A6CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#408ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#408ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED8	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.135 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee4',
    500: '#408ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed8;
$custom-light: #86aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.211,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED8

secondary

#DAB99A

accent

#923FE9

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED8

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

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