#408FC7#408FC7

#408FC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC7
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 199)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -6.26, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 36.59, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0527 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.115 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2417, 24.8561, 57.6473)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC7 #C77840

analogous

#40C7BC #408FC7 #404CC7

triadic

#408FC7 #C7408F #8FC740

tetradic

#408FC7 #BC40C7 #C77840 #4CC740

square

#408FC7 #BC40C7 #C77840 #4CC740

split-complementary

#408FC7 #C7404C #C7BC40

monochromatic

#204D6D #2E6E9C #408FC7 #6FABD5 #9FC7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#408FC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#408FC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC7

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC7	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afd8',
    500: '#408fc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc7;
$custom-light: #83afd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62552,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC7

secondary

#CFAC94

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC7

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

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