#40798D#40798D

#40798D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.067 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40798D
RGB	rgb(64, 121, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, -12.74, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 20.93, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% -0.0492 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.067 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7576, 16.6866, 27.6900)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40798D #8D5440

analogous

#408D7A #40798D #40538D

triadic

#40798D #8D4079 #798D40

tetradic

#40798D #7A408D #8D5440 #538D40

square

#40798D #7A408D #8D5440 #538D40

split-complementary

#40798D #8D4053 #8D7A40

monochromatic

#1A3139 #2D5563 #40798D #579BB3 #81B4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#40798D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#40798D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40798D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40798D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40798D	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#077F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40798d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 121, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.067 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fae',
    500: '#40798d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40798d;
$custom-light: #7b9fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40798d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54542,
    "c": 0.06737,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40798D

secondary

#B08778

accent

#785ACE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40798D

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

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