#408EE2#408EE2

#408EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.148 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408EE2
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 3.71, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 49.71, 274.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0442 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.148 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5097, 25.9242, 75.5962)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408EE2 #E29440

analogous

#40DFE2 #408EE2 #4340E2

triadic

#408EE2 #E2408E #8EE240

tetradic

#408EE2 #E240DF #E29440 #40E243

square

#408EE2 #E240DF #E29440 #40E243

split-complementary

#408EE2 #E24340 #DFE240

monochromatic

#165292 #1E6FC7 #408EE2 #75ADEA #AACDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#408EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#408EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408EE2

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408EE2	1.00	3.40	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6794E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.148 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeeb',
    500: '#408ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408ee2;
$custom-light: #88aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.111,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63793,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408EE2

secondary

#E0C09E

accent

#9738F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408EE2

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

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