#406E8A#406E8A

#406E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.067 H 236.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#406E8A
RGB	rgb(64, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, -7.35, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 21.51, 250.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% -0.0369 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.067 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2761, 14.0758, 26.1098)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#406E8A #8A5C40

analogous

#408A81 #406E8A #40498A

triadic

#406E8A #8A406E #6E8A40

tetradic

#406E8A #81408A #8A5C40 #498A40

square

#406E8A #81408A #8A5C40 #498A40

split-complementary

#406E8A #8A4049 #8A8140

monochromatic

#192B36 #2D4D60 #406E8A #568FB1 #80AAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#406E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#406E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #406E8A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##406E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##406E8A	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57658A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#147577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #406e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.067 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a97ac',
    500: '#406e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #406e8a;
$custom-light: #7a97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#406e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51702,
    "c": 0.0673,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#406E8A

secondary

#AF8C77

accent

#865BCD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #406E8A

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

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