#408FC8#408FC8

#408FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FC8
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -5.92, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 37.02, 260.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0524 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.116 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3582, 24.9027, 58.2608)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FC8 #C87940

analogous

#40C8BD #408FC8 #404BC8

triadic

#408FC8 #C8408F #8FC840

tetradic

#408FC8 #BD40C8 #C87940 #4BC840

square

#408FC8 #BD40C8 #C87940 #4BC840

split-complementary

#408FC8 #C8404B #C8BD40

monochromatic

#204D6E #2D6E9D #408FC8 #70ABD6 #9FC7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#408FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#408FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FC8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FC8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afd9',
    500: '#408fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fc8;
$custom-light: #84afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FC8

secondary

#D0AD94

accent

#8849DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FC8

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

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