#408FCE#408FCE

#408FCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#408FCE
RGBrgb(64, 143, 206)
HSLhsl(207, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(207, 69%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.26, -3.86, -39.49)
CIE-LCHlch(57.26, 39.67, 264.41°)
OKLaboklab(62.91% -0.0505 -0.1117)
OKLCHoklch(62.91% 0.123 245.6)
XYZxyz(23.0732, 25.1887, 62.0265)
Luminance0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#408FCE #CE7F40
analogous
#40CEC6 #408FCE #4048CE
triadic
#408FCE #CE408F #8FCE40
tetradic
#408FCE #C640CE #CE7F40 #48CE40
square
#408FCE #C640CE #CE7F40 #48CE40
split-complementary
#408FCE #CE4048 #CEC640
monochromatic
#1E4F75 #2B6FA6 #408FCE #71ACDA #A1C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#408FCE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04
#408FCE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FCE
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##408FCE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##408FCE1.003.486.046.04
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0421.001.001.00
##0000006.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7391D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F83CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #408fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 245.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afdd',
    500: '#408fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #408fce;
$custom-light: #85afdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#408fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.62,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62914,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#408FCE
secondary
#D4B196
accent
#8B45E2
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#408FCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva