#408FC6#408FC6

#408FC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC6
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -6.60, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 36.16, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.053 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.113 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1260, 24.8098, 57.0378)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC6 #C67740

analogous

#40C6BA #408FC6 #404CC6

triadic

#408FC6 #C6408F #8FC640

tetradic

#408FC6 #BA40C6 #C67740 #4CC640

square

#408FC6 #BA40C6 #C67740 #4CC640

split-complementary

#408FC6 #C6404C #C6BA40

monochromatic

#204D6C #2E6E9B #408FC6 #6FABD4 #9EC6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#408FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#408FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC6	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd7',
    500: '#408fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc6;
$custom-light: #83afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62501,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC6

secondary

#CEAC93

accent

#874ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC6

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

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