#40889E#40889E

#40889E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.079 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40889E
RGB	rgb(64, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -15.78, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 24.31, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0599 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.079 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0876, 21.1653, 35.5259)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40889E #9E5640

analogous

#409E85 #40889E #40599E

triadic

#40889E #9E4088 #889E40

tetradic

#40889E #85409E #9E5640 #599E40

square

#40889E #85409E #9E5640 #599E40

split-complementary

#40889E #9E4059 #9E8540

monochromatic

#1D3D47 #2E6372 #40889E #5EA7BE #89BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#40889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#40889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40889E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40889E	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.079 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaaba',
    500: '#40889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40889e;
$custom-light: #7eaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58963,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40889E

secondary

#BA8D80

accent

#7356D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40889E

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

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