#40596A#40596A

#40596A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.041 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40596A
RGB	rgb(64, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(204, 25%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, -4.61, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 13.54, 250.08°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0214 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.041 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2874, 9.2749, 14.9864)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40596A #6A5140

analogous

#406A66 #40596A #40446A

triadic

#40596A #6A4059 #596A40

tetradic

#40596A #66406A #6A5140 #446A40

square

#40596A #66406A #6A5140 #446A40

split-complementary

#40596A #6A4044 #6A6640

monochromatic

#12191E #293944 #40596A #577990 #7797AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#40596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#40596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40596A

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40596A	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52586B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C546A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.041 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768794',
    500: '#40596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40596a;
$custom-light: #768794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45074,
    "c": 0.0411,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40596A

secondary

#987F6D

accent

#8B67C1

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF1

border

#C8CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40596A

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

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