#40485E#40485E

#40485E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.039 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40485E
RGB	rgb(64, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(224, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(224, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 2.59, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 14.25, 280.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% -0.0006 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.039 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4515, 6.5327, 11.5085)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40485E #5E5640

analogous

#40575E #40485E #47405E

triadic

#40485E #5E4048 #485E40

tetradic

#40485E #5E4057 #5E5640 #405E47

square

#40485E #5E4057 #5E5640 #405E47

split-complementary

#40485E #5E4740 #575E40

monochromatic

#0E1015 #272C3A #40485E #596482 #7682A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#40485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#40485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40485E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40485E	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.039 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757a8b',
    500: '#40485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40485e;
$custom-light: #757a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40362,
    "c": 0.03862,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40485E

secondary

#8D856C

accent

#A66CBC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEDF0

border

#C8C8CB

text

#08090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40485E

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

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