#40525A#40525A

#40525A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.026 H 226.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40525A
RGB	rgb(64, 82, 90)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(198, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, -4.85, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 8.48, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0178 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.026 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9766, 7.8625, 10.8209)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40525A #5A4840

analogous

#405A55 #40525A #40455A

triadic

#40525A #5A4052 #525A40

tetradic

#40525A #55405A #5A4840 #455A40

square

#40525A #55405A #5A4840 #455A40

split-complementary

#40525A #5A4045 #5A5540

monochromatic

#0D1112 #273136 #40525A #59737E #76929E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#40525A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#40525A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40525A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40525A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40525A	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E515A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40525a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 82, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.026 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#758288',
    500: '#40525a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40525a;
$custom-light: #758288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40525a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4265,
    "c": 0.02603,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40525A

secondary

#89756C

accent

#856EBA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40525A

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

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