#408FA5#408FA5

#408FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.083 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FA5
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -17.39, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 25.65, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0649 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.083 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7256, 23.4496, 39.1294)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FA5 #A55640

analogous

#40A588 #408FA5 #405DA5

triadic

#408FA5 #A5408F #8FA540

tetradic

#408FA5 #8840A5 #A55640 #5DA540

square

#408FA5 #8840A5 #A55640 #5DA540

split-complementary

#408FA5 #A5405D #A58840

monochromatic

#1E434D #2F6979 #408FA5 #61ACC2 #8DC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#408FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#408FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FA5

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FA5	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.083 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0bf',
    500: '#408fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fa5;
$custom-light: #7fb0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60973,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FA5

secondary

#BE9083

accent

#7054D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FA5

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

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