#40829B#40829B

#40829B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.077 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40829B
RGB	rgb(64, 130, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, -13.41, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 23.87, 235.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0542 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.077 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0111, 19.4203, 33.9087)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40829B #9B5940

analogous

#409B87 #40829B #40549B

triadic

#40829B #9B4082 #829B40

tetradic

#40829B #87409B #9B5940 #549B40

square

#40829B #87409B #9B5940 #549B40

split-complementary

#40829B #9B4054 #9B8740

monochromatic

#1C3944 #2E5E70 #40829B #5CA2BC #88BACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#40829B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#40829B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40829B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40829B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40829B	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40829b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 130, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.077 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da6b8',
    500: '#40829b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40829b;
$custom-light: #7da6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40829b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57363,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40829B

secondary

#B88E7E

accent

#7856D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40829B

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

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