#408FA4#408FA4

#408FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.083 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#408FA4
RGBrgb(64, 143, 164)
HSLhsl(193, 44%, 45%)
HSVhsv(193, 61%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.50, -17.70, -18.34)
CIE-LCHlch(55.50, 25.49, 226.02°)
OKLaboklab(60.93% -0.0653 -0.051)
OKLCHoklch(60.93% 0.083 217.9)
XYZxyz(18.6350, 23.4134, 38.6519)
Luminance0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#408FA4 #A45540
analogous
#40A487 #408FA4 #405DA4
triadic
#408FA4 #A4408F #8FA440
tetradic
#408FA4 #8740A4 #A45540 #5DA440
square
#408FA4 #8740A4 #A45540 #5DA440
split-complementary
#408FA4 #A4405D #A48740
monochromatic
#1E424C #2F6978 #408FA4 #60ADC1 #8CC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70
#408FA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68
#408FA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FA4
5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##408FA4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##408FA41.003.705.685.68
#FFFFFF3.701.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6821.001.001.00
##0000005.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#818BA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7380A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009696
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #408fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.083 217.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0bf',
    500: '#408fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #408fa4;
$custom-light: #7fb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#408fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#408FA4
secondary
#BD8F83
accent
#6F54D4
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F7
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1012
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

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#408FA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva