#408FC1#408FC1

#408FC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC1
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 193)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -8.29, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 34.09, 255.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0546 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.108 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5588, 24.5829, 54.0505)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC1 #C17240

analogous

#40C1B3 #408FC1 #404EC1

triadic

#408FC1 #C1408F #8FC140

tetradic

#408FC1 #B340C1 #C17240 #4EC140

square

#408FC1 #B340C1 #C17240 #4EC140

split-complementary

#408FC1 #C1404E #C1B340

monochromatic

#214B66 #306D94 #408FC1 #6EAAD0 #9CC5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#408FC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#408FC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC1

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC1	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd4',
    500: '#408fc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc1;
$custom-light: #83afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC1

secondary

#CBA892

accent

#844DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC1

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

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