#40525C#40525C

#40525C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.028 H 232.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40525C
RGB	rgb(64, 82, 92)
HSL	hsl(201, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(201, 30%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, -4.31, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 9.19, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.0169 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.028 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0628, 7.8970, 11.2753)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40525C #5C4A40

analogous

#405C58 #40525C #40445C

triadic

#40525C #5C4052 #525C40

tetradic

#40525C #58405C #5C4A40 #445C40

square

#40525C #58405C #5C4A40 #445C40

split-complementary

#40525C #5C4044 #5C5840

monochromatic

#0E1214 #273238 #40525C #597280 #7691A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#40525C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#40525C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40525C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40525C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40525C	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D515D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40525c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 82, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.028 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75828a',
    500: '#40525c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40525c;
$custom-light: #75828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40525c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42731,
    "c": 0.02789,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40525C

secondary

#8B776C

accent

#896DBB

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEF0

border

#C8C9CB

text

#080A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40525C

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

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