#40879D#40879D

#40879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.078 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40879D
RGBrgb(64, 135, 157)
HSLhsl(194, 42%, 43%)
HSVhsv(194, 59%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(59.2%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(52.79, -15.54, -18.44)
CIE-LCHlch(52.79, 24.12, 229.88°)
OKLaboklab(58.68% -0.0591 -0.0512)
OKLCHoklch(58.68% 0.078 220.9)
XYZxyz(16.8617, 20.8506, 35.0277)
Luminance0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40879D #9D5640
analogous
#409D84 #40879D #40589D
triadic
#40879D #9D4087 #879D40
tetradic
#40879D #84409D #9D5640 #589D40
square
#40879D #84409D #9D5640 #589D40
split-complementary
#40879D #9D4058 #9D8440
monochromatic
#1D3C46 #2E6272 #40879D #5DA6BD #89BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06
#40879D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17
#40879D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40879D
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40879D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40879D1.004.065.175.17
#FFFFFF4.061.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1721.001.001.00
##0000005.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A849E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C7A9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.078 220.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaaba',
    500: '#40879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40879d;
$custom-light: #7eaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40879D
secondary
#B98D7F
accent
#7356D2
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0A1011
muted
#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40879D

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#40879D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva