#40779E#40779E

#40779E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.085 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40779E
RGB	rgb(64, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -6.14, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 27.18, 256.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.0404 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.085 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8804, 16.7509, 34.7902)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40779E #9E6740

analogous

#409E96 #40779E #40489E

triadic

#40779E #9E4077 #779E40

tetradic

#40779E #96409E #9E6740 #489E40

square

#40779E #96409E #9E6740 #489E40

split-complementary

#40779E #9E4048 #9E9640

monochromatic

#1D3547 #2E5672 #40779E #5E96BE #89B2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#40779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#40779E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40779E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40779E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6677A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.085 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9eba',
    500: '#40779e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40779e;
$custom-light: #7d9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.894,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54837,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40779E

secondary

#BA9880

accent

#8956D2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40779E

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

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