#404950#404950

#404950 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.017 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404950
RGB	rgb(64, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(206, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 8.8%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, -1.88, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 5.71, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40% -0.008 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.017 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9445, 6.4341, 8.5166)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404950 #504740

analogous

#40504F #404950 #404150

triadic

#404950 #504049 #495040

tetradic

#404950 #4F4050 #504740 #415040

square

#404950 #4F4050 #504740 #415040

split-complementary

#404950 #504041 #504F40

monochromatic

#0E1011 #252A2E #404950 #5B6872 #788793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#404950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#404950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404950

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404950	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.017 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757b81',
    500: '#404950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404950;
$custom-light: #757b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39995,
    "c": 0.01664,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404950

secondary

#7F756D

accent

#9074B4

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#08090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #404950

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

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