#408FCD#408FCD

#408FCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FCD
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -4.21, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 39.22, 263.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0508 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.121 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9521, 25.1402, 61.3887)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FCD #CD7E40

analogous

#40CDC4 #408FCD #4048CD

triadic

#408FCD #CD408F #8FCD40

tetradic

#408FCD #C440CD #CD7E40 #48CD40

square

#408FCD #C440CD #CD7E40 #48CD40

split-complementary

#408FCD #CD4048 #CDC440

monochromatic

#1E4E74 #2B6FA5 #408FCD #71ABDA #A1C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#408FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#408FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FCD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FCD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afdc',
    500: '#408fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fcd;
$custom-light: #84afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62861,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FCD

secondary

#D3B196

accent

#8B46E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FCD

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

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