#404D9C#404D9C

#404D9C is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.128 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404D9C
RGB	rgb(64, 77, 156)
HSL	hsl(232, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(232, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 50.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, 19.55, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 48.90, 293.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% 0.0071 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.128 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7670, 8.7972, 32.5767)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404D9C #9C8F40

analogous

#407B9C #404D9C #61409C

triadic

#404D9C #9C404D #4D9C40

tetradic

#404D9C #9C407B #9C8F40 #409C61

square

#404D9C #9C407B #9C8F40 #409C61

split-complementary

#404D9C #9C6140 #7B9C40

monochromatic

#1C2245 #2E3871 #404D9C #5D6ABC #8892CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#404D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#404D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404D9C

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404D9C	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24589F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14509A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 77, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.128 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7eba',
    500: '#404d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404d9c;
$custom-light: #7d7eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.522,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45217,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404D9C

secondary

#B9B17F

accent

#C056D2

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEEF6

border

#CAC9D0

text

#0A0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #404D9C

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

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