#408FB6#408FB6

#408FB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.097 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FB6
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -11.95, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 30.03, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0584 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.097 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3770, 24.1102, 47.8267)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FB6 #B66740

analogous

#40B6A2 #408FB6 #4054B6

triadic

#408FB6 #B6408F #8FB640

tetradic

#408FB6 #A240B6 #B66740 #54B640

square

#408FB6 #A240B6 #B66740 #54B640

split-complementary

#408FB6 #B64054 #B6A240

monochromatic

#20485B #306B89 #408FB6 #69AACA #96C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#408FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#408FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FB6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FB6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.097 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afcc',
    500: '#408fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fb6;
$custom-light: #81afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61724,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FB6

secondary

#C69F8C

accent

#7D50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FB6

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

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