#40425A#40425A

#40425A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.041 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40425A
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 90)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(235, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 5.36, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 15.49, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0075 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.041 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9076, 5.7245, 10.4646)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40425A #5A5840

analogous

#404F5A #40425A #4B405A

triadic

#40425A #5A4042 #425A40

tetradic

#40425A #5A404F #5A5840 #405A4B

square

#40425A #5A404F #5A5840 #405A4B

split-complementary

#40425A #5A4B40 #4F5A40

monochromatic

#0D0E12 #272836 #40425A #595C7E #767A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#40425A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#40425A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40425A

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40425A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40425A	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B455B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A464A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40425a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.041 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757688',
    500: '#40425a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40425a;
$custom-light: #757688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40425a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38738,
    "c": 0.04076,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40425A

secondary

#89876C

accent

#B46EBA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEDF0

border

#C8C8CB

text

#08080B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40425A

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

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