#40778E#40778E

#40778E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.068 H 227.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40778E
RGB	rgb(64, 119, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, -11.30, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 21.32, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% -0.0463 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.068 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5918, 16.2355, 28.0034)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40778E #8E5740

analogous

#408E7E #40778E #40508E

triadic

#40778E #8E4077 #778E40

tetradic

#40778E #7E408E #8E5740 #508E40

square

#40778E #7E408E #8E5740 #508E40

split-complementary

#40778E #8E4050 #8E7E40

monochromatic

#1A303A #2D5464 #40778E #5898B4 #82B2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#40778E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#40778E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40778E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40778E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40778E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B758F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#067E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40778e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 119, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.068 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9eaf',
    500: '#40778e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40778e;
$custom-light: #7b9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40778e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54092,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40778E

secondary

#B18979

accent

#7C5ACE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40778E

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

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