#40596C#40596C

#40596C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.043 H 241.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40596C
RGB	rgb(64, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(206, 26%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 41%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, -4.02, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 14.42, 253.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% -0.0206 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.043 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3926, 9.3170, 15.5406)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40596C #6C5340

analogous

#406C69 #40596C #40436C

triadic

#40596C #6C4059 #596C40

tetradic

#40596C #69406C #6C5340 #436C40

square

#40596C #69406C #6C5340 #436C40

split-complementary

#40596C #6C4043 #6C6940

monochromatic

#121A1F #293946 #40596C #577992 #7897AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#40596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#40596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40596C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40596C	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51596D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B546C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.043 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778796',
    500: '#40596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40596c;
$custom-light: #778796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45163,
    "c": 0.04344,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40596C

secondary

#9A816E

accent

#8E66C2

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF1

border

#C8CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40596C

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

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