#40596E#40596E

#40596E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.046 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40596E
RGB	rgb(64, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(207, 26%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 42%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, -3.42, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 15.35, 257.13°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% -0.0198 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.046 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5003, 9.3600, 16.1076)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40596E #6E5540

analogous

#406E6C #40596E #40426E

triadic

#40596E #6E4059 #596E40

tetradic

#40596E #6C406E #6E5540 #426E40

square

#40596E #6C406E #6E5540 #426E40

split-complementary

#40596E #6E4042 #6E6C40

monochromatic

#131A21 #293A47 #40596E #577895 #7897B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#40596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#40596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40596E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40596E	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50596F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A546E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.046 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778797',
    500: '#40596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40596e;
$custom-light: #778797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.391,
    "s": 26.437,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45253,
    "c": 0.04589,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40596E

secondary

#9B836E

accent

#9065C3

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EDEFF2

border

#C8CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40596E

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

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