#40496B#40496B

#40496B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.058 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40496B
RGB	rgb(64, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(227, 25%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(227, 40%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 5.83, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 21.69, 285.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0023 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.058 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1499, 6.9163, 14.8653)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40496B #6B6240

analogous

#405E6B #40496B #4C406B

triadic

#40496B #6B4049 #496B40

tetradic

#40496B #6B405E #6B6240 #406B4C

square

#40496B #6B405E #6B6240 #406B4C

split-complementary

#40496B #6B4C40 #5E6B40

monochromatic

#12151E #292F45 #40496B #576391 #7783AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#40496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#40496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40496B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40496B	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A496A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.058 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767b95',
    500: '#40496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40496b;
$custom-light: #767b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 25.146,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41255,
    "c": 0.05831,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40496B

secondary

#99906E

accent

#AE66C2

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EDEDF1

border

#C8C8CB

text

#09090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40496B

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

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