#40859D#40859D

#40859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.078 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40859D
RGB	rgb(64, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -14.44, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 24.17, 233.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.0569 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.078 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5853, 20.2978, 34.9356)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40859D #9D5840

analogous

#409D86 #40859D #40569D

triadic

#40859D #9D4085 #859D40

tetradic

#40859D #86409D #9D5840 #569D40

square

#40859D #86409D #9D5840 #569D40

split-complementary

#40859D #9D4056 #9D8640

monochromatic

#1D3B46 #2E6072 #40859D #5DA4BD #89BDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#40859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#40859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40859D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40859D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.078 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8ba',
    500: '#40859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40859d;
$custom-light: #7da8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.07835,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40859D

secondary

#B98E7F

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40859D

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

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