#40565E#40565E

#40565E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.030 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40565E
RGB	rgb(64, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(196, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, -6.21, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 9.62, 229.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0221 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.03 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4619, 8.5534, 11.8453)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40565E #5E4840

analogous

#405E57 #40565E #40475E

triadic

#40565E #5E4056 #565E40

tetradic

#40565E #57405E #5E4840 #475E40

square

#40565E #57405E #5E4840 #475E40

split-complementary

#40565E #5E4047 #5E5740

monochromatic

#0E1315 #27353A #40565E #597782 #7696A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#40565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#40565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40565E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40565E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51555E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.030 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76858b',
    500: '#40565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40565e;
$custom-light: #76858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43818,
    "c": 0.02989,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40565E

secondary

#8D756C

accent

#816CBC

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDEFF0

border

#C8CACB

text

#080B0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40565E

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

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