#40798E#40798E

#40798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.068 H 224.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40798E
RGB	rgb(64, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, -12.43, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 21.17, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% -0.0488 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.068 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8324, 16.7165, 28.0836)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40798E #8E5540

analogous

#408E7C #40798E #40528E

triadic

#40798E #8E4079 #798E40

tetradic

#40798E #7C408E #8E5540 #528E40

square

#40798E #7C408E #8E5540 #528E40

split-complementary

#40798E #8E4052 #8E7C40

monochromatic

#1A313A #2D5564 #40798E #589BB4 #82B4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#40798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#40798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40798E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40798E	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#047F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.068 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9faf',
    500: '#40798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40798e;
$custom-light: #7b9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54585,
    "c": 0.06811,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40798E

secondary

#B18879

accent

#795ACE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40798E

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

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