#408FD8#408FD8

#408FD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.135 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408FD8
RGB	rgb(64, 143, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -0.39, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 44.34, 269.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0477 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.135 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3268, 25.6901, 68.6290)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408FD8 #D88940

analogous

#40D8D5 #408FD8 #4043D8

triadic

#408FD8 #D8408F #8FD840

tetradic

#408FD8 #D540D8 #D88940 #43D840

square

#408FD8 #D540D8 #D88940 #43D840

split-complementary

#408FD8 #D84043 #D8D540

monochromatic

#1B5183 #2570B6 #408FD8 #73ADE2 #A6CBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#408FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#408FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408FD8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408FD8	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E93DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 143, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.135 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afe4',
    500: '#408fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408fd8;
$custom-light: #86afe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.816,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408FD8

secondary

#DAB99A

accent

#913FE9

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #408FD8

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

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