#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
RGB	rgb(64, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -15.54, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 24.12, 229.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0591 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.078 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8617, 20.8506, 35.0277)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##40879D	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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