#408FC4#408FC4

#408FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.111 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC4
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 27%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -7.28, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 35.32, 258.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0537 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.111 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8968, 24.7181, 55.8309)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC4 #C47540

analogous

#40C4B7 #408FC4 #404DC4

triadic

#408FC4 #C4408F #8FC440

tetradic

#408FC4 #B740C4 #C47540 #4DC440

square

#408FC4 #B740C4 #C47540 #4DC440

split-complementary

#408FC4 #C4404D #C4B740

monochromatic

#204C69 #2F6E98 #408FC4 #6FAAD2 #9EC6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#408FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#408FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC4

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC4	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.111 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd6',
    500: '#408fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc4;
$custom-light: #83afd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC4

secondary

#CDAA93

accent

#864CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC4

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

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