#40469D#40469D

#40469D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.139 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40469D
RGB	rgb(64, 70, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 55.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 24.48, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 54.18, 296.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.0147 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.139 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3884, 7.9039, 32.8699)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40469D #9D9740

analogous

#40749D #40469D #68409D

triadic

#40469D #9D4046 #469D40

tetradic

#40469D #9D4074 #9D9740 #409D68

square

#40469D #9D4074 #9D9740 #409D68

split-complementary

#40469D #9D6840 #749D40

monochromatic

#1D1F46 #2E3372 #40469D #5D63BD #898DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#40469D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#40469D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40469D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40469D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40469D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B53A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40469d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 70, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.139 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e79bb',
    500: '#40469d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40469d;
$custom-light: #7e79bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40469d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43879,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40469D

secondary

#B9B67F

accent

#CA56D2

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40469D

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

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