#40808D#40808D

#40808D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.068 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40808D
RGB	rgb(64, 128, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -16.63, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 21.29, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% -0.0576 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.068 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6394, 18.4501, 27.9839)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40808D #8D4D40

analogous

#408D73 #40808D #40598D

triadic

#40808D #8D4080 #808D40

tetradic

#40808D #73408D #8D4D40 #598D40

square

#40808D #73408D #8D4D40 #598D40

split-complementary

#40808D #8D4059 #8D7340

monochromatic

#1A3439 #2D5A63 #40808D #57A3B3 #81BAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#40808D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#40808D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40808D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40808D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40808D	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#018584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40808d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 128, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.068 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca5ae',
    500: '#40808d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40808d;
$custom-light: #7ca5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40808d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56281,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40808D

secondary

#B08278

accent

#6E5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40808D

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

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