#408b9a

Color #408b9a

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#408b9a

RGB

rgb(64, 139, 154)

HSL

hsl(190, 41.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 58.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(53.91, -18.63, -15)

LCH

lch(53.91, 23.92, 218.84)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0772, 212.62)

HWB

hwb(190, 25.1%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a4f40

Analogous

#409a7c

#408b9a

#405e9a

Triadic

#408b9a

#9a408b

#8b9a40

Split-complementary

#408b9a

#9a405e

#9a7c40

Tetradic

#408b9a

#4f409a

#9a4f40

#8b9a40

Square

#408b9a

#7c409a

#9a4f40

#5e9a40

Shades

Color #408b9a mixed toward black.

#357480

#2b5d67

#20454d

#152e33

#0b171a

Tints

Color #408b9a mixed toward white.

#53a7b8

#75b8c6

#98cad4

#badce2

#ddedf1

Tones

Color #408b9a mixed toward gray.

#478692

#4f818b

#567c83

#5e777c

#657274

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696a97 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#655f96 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#469493 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #408b9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#408b9a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#408b9a (#408b9a) is rgb(64, 139, 154) in RGB.

No, #408b9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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