#406D8A#406D8A

#406D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.068 H 238.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#406D8A
RGB	rgb(64, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -6.76, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 21.77, 251.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0356 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.068 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1688, 13.8613, 26.0741)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#406D8A #8A5D40

analogous

#408A82 #406D8A #40488A

triadic

#406D8A #8A406D #6D8A40

tetradic

#406D8A #82408A #8A5D40 #488A40

square

#406D8A #82408A #8A5D40 #488A40

split-complementary

#406D8A #8A4048 #8A8240

monochromatic

#192B36 #2D4C60 #406D8A #568DB1 #80AAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#406D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#406D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #406D8A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##406D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##406D8A	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56658A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#147477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #406d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.068 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a96ac',
    500: '#406d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #406d8a;
$custom-light: #7a96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#406d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51458,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#406D8A

secondary

#AF8D77

accent

#885BCD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #406D8A

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

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