#404A56#404A56

#404A56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.024 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404A56
RGB	rgb(64, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(213, 15%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(213, 26%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 14%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, -0.93, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 8.49, 263.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% -0.007 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.024 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2424, 6.6592, 9.7588)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404A56 #564C40

analogous

#405556 #404A56 #414056

triadic

#404A56 #56404A #4A5640

tetradic

#404A56 #564055 #564C40 #405641

square

#404A56 #564055 #564C40 #405641

split-complementary

#404A56 #564140 #555640

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #262C33 #404A56 #5A6879 #77879A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#404A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#404A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404A56

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404A56	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.024 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757c85',
    500: '#404a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404a56;
$custom-light: #757c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4049,
    "c": 0.02404,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404A56

secondary

#857A6C

accent

#9770B7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#08090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #404A56

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

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