#40697C#40697C

#40697C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.055 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40697C
RGB	rgb(64, 105, 124)
HSL	hsl(199, 32%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -8.78, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 17.42, 239.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% -0.036 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.055 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8027, 12.6476, 20.9368)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40697C #7C5340

analogous

#407C71 #40697C #404B7C

triadic

#40697C #7C4069 #697C40

tetradic

#40697C #71407C #7C5340 #4B7C40

square

#40697C #71407C #7C5340 #4B7C40

split-complementary

#40697C #7C404B #7C7140

monochromatic

#16252B #2B4754 #40697C #558BA4 #7BA7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#40697C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#40697C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40697C

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40697C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40697C	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F677D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57617C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40697c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 105, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.055 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7993a2',
    500: '#40697c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40697c;
$custom-light: #7993a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40697c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49839,
    "c": 0.05502,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40697C

secondary

#A68272

accent

#8160C8

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EDF1F2

border

#C8CBCC

text

#090D0F

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40697C

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

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