#408FA9#408FA9

#408FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.086 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FA9
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -16.13, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 26.42, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0633 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.086 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0954, 23.5976, 41.0769)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FA9 #A95A40

analogous

#40A98E #408FA9 #405AA9

triadic

#408FA9 #A9408F #8FA940

tetradic

#408FA9 #8E40A9 #A95A40 #5AA940

square

#408FA9 #8E40A9 #A95A40 #5AA940

split-complementary

#408FA9 #A9405A #A98E40

monochromatic

#1E4450 #2F697D #408FA9 #62ACC4 #8FC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#408FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#408FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FA9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FA9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.086 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0c2',
    500: '#408fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fa9;
$custom-light: #7fb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61142,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FA9

secondary

#C09485

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FA9

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

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