#408ED9#408ED9

#408ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.137 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408ED9
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 0.54, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 45.28, 270.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0465 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.137 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3070, 25.4431, 69.2622)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408ED9 #D98B40

analogous

#40D9D8 #408ED9 #4041D9

triadic

#408ED9 #D9408E #8ED940

tetradic

#408ED9 #D840D9 #D98B40 #41D940

square

#408ED9 #D840D9 #D98B40 #41D940

split-complementary

#408ED9 #D94041 #D9D840

monochromatic

#1A5084 #246FB7 #408ED9 #73ACE3 #A6CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#408ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#408ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408ED9

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408ED9	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.137 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aee5',
    500: '#408ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ed9;
$custom-light: #86aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.412,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63282,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408ED9

secondary

#DABA9A

accent

#923EEA

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408ED9

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

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