#408FCB#408FCB

#408FCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FCB
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -4.89, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 38.33, 262.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0514 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.119 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7122, 25.0443, 60.1254)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FCB #CB7C40

analogous

#40CBC1 #408FCB #404ACB

triadic

#408FCB #CB408F #8FCB40

tetradic

#408FCB #C140CB #CB7C40 #4ACB40

square

#408FCB #C140CB #CB7C40 #4ACB40

split-complementary

#408FCB #CB404A #CBC140

monochromatic

#1F4E72 #2C6FA2 #408FCB #70ABD8 #A0C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#408FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#408FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FCB

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FCB	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afdb',
    500: '#408fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fcb;
$custom-light: #84afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62757,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FCB

secondary

#D2AF95

accent

#8947E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FCB

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

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