#408FBC#408FBC

#408FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.103 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FBC
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -9.96, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 32.16, 251.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0563 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.103 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0104, 24.3636, 51.1626)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FBC #BC6D40

analogous

#40BCAB #408FBC #4051BC

triadic

#408FBC #BC408F #8FBC40

tetradic

#408FBC #AB40BC #BC6D40 #51BC40

square

#408FBC #AB40BC #BC6D40 #51BC40

split-complementary

#408FBC #BC4051 #BCAB40

monochromatic

#214A61 #306C8E #408FBC #6CAACD #9AC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#408FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#408FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FBC

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FBC	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.103 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afd0',
    500: '#408fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fbc;
$custom-light: #82afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62008,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FBC

secondary

#C9A48F

accent

#814FD9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FBC

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

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