#40799E#40799E

#40799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.083 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40799E
RGB	rgb(64, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, -7.31, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 26.57, 254.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% -0.0427 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.083 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1210, 17.2320, 34.8704)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40799E #9E6540

analogous

#409E94 #40799E #404A9E

triadic

#40799E #9E4079 #799E40

tetradic

#40799E #94409E #9E6540 #4A9E40

square

#40799E #94409E #9E6540 #4A9E40

split-complementary

#40799E #9E404A #9E9440

monochromatic

#1D3647 #2E5872 #40799E #5E98BE #89B4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#40799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#40799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40799E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40799E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6879A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.083 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9fba',
    500: '#40799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40799e;
$custom-light: #7d9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55317,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40799E

secondary

#BA9780

accent

#8756D2

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40799E

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

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