#408FC5#408FC5

#408FC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC5
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -6.94, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 35.74, 258.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0533 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.112 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0110, 24.7638, 56.4324)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC5 #C57640

analogous

#40C5B8 #408FC5 #404CC5

triadic

#408FC5 #C5408F #8FC540

tetradic

#408FC5 #B840C5 #C57640 #4CC540

square

#408FC5 #B840C5 #C57640 #4CC540

split-complementary

#408FC5 #C5404C #C5B840

monochromatic

#204C6A #2F6E99 #408FC5 #6FABD3 #9EC6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#408FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#408FC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC5	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd7',
    500: '#408fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc5;
$custom-light: #83afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62451,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC5

secondary

#CEAB93

accent

#864BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC5

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

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