#408FD4#408FD4

#408FD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.130 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FD4
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 212)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -1.79, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 42.44, 267.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0488 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.13 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8160, 25.4858, 65.9387)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#408FD4 #D48540

analogous

#40D4CF #408FD4 #4045D4

triadic

#408FD4 #D4408F #8FD440

tetradic

#408FD4 #CF40D4 #D48540 #45D440

square

#408FD4 #CF40D4 #D48540 #45D440

split-complementary

#408FD4 #D44045 #D4CF40

monochromatic

#1C507D #2770AF #408FD4 #72ACDF #A4CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#408FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#408FD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FD4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FD4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7092D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.130 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afe1',
    500: '#408fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fd4;
$custom-light: #86afe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.973,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FD4

secondary

#D7B698

accent

#8E42E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FD4

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

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