#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
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -3.86, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 39.67, 264.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0505 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.123 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0732, 25.1887, 62.0265)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##408FCE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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