#408FA8#408FA8

#408FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.085 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FA8
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -16.45, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 26.21, 231.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0637 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.085 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0019, 23.5601, 40.5844)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FA8 #A85940

analogous

#40A88D #408FA8 #405BA8

triadic

#408FA8 #A8408F #8FA840

tetradic

#408FA8 #8D40A8 #A85940 #5BA840

square

#408FA8 #8D40A8 #A85940 #5BA840

split-complementary

#408FA8 #A8405B #A88D40

monochromatic

#1E444F #2F697C #408FA8 #62ACC3 #8EC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#408FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#408FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FA8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FA8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.085 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0c2',
    500: '#408fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fa8;
$custom-light: #7fb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.423,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.611,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FA8

secondary

#BF9385

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FA8

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

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