#408aa8

Color #408aa8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#408aa8

RGB

rgb(64, 138, 168)

HSL

hsl(197.3, 44.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.3, 61.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(54.12, -13.71, -22.74)

LCH

lch(54.12, 26.55, 238.91)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0861, 227.45)

HWB

hwb(197.3, 25.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a85e40

Analogous

#40a892

#408aa8

#4056a8

Triadic

#408aa8

#a8408a

#8aa840

Split-complementary

#408aa8

#a84056

#a89240

Tetradic

#408aa8

#5e40a8

#a85e40

#8aa840

Square

#408aa8

#9240a8

#a85e40

#56a840

Shades

Color #408aa8 mixed toward black.

#35738c

#2b5c70

#204554

#152e38

#0b171c

Tints

Color #408aa8 mixed toward white.

#57a1bf

#79b4cc

#9ac7d9

#bcd9e5

#ddecf2

Tones

Color #408aa8 mixed toward gray.

#49869f

#518397

#5a7f8e

#637b85

#6b787d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869a1 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#645ea0 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#469c9b · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #408aa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#408aa8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#408aa8 (#408aa8) is rgb(64, 138, 168) in RGB.

No, #408aa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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