#40809D#40809D

#40809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.079 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40809D
RGB	rgb(64, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, -11.65, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 24.65, 241.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0511 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.079 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9170, 18.9612, 34.7128)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40809D #9D5D40

analogous

#409D8B #40809D #40519D

triadic

#40809D #9D4080 #809D40

tetradic

#40809D #8B409D #9D5D40 #519D40

square

#40809D #8B409D #9D5D40 #519D40

split-complementary

#40809D #9D4051 #9D8B40

monochromatic

#1D3946 #2E5D72 #40809D #5D9FBD #89B9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#40809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#40809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40809D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40809D	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.079 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da4ba',
    500: '#40809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40809d;
$custom-light: #7da4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.71,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40809D

secondary

#B9917F

accent

#7D56D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40809D

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

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