#40899D#40899D

#40899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.078 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40899D
RGB	rgb(64, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -16.63, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 24.15, 226.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0614 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.078 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1434, 21.4140, 35.1216)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40899D #9D5440

analogous

#409D82 #40899D #405A9D

triadic

#40899D #9D4089 #899D40

tetradic

#40899D #82409D #9D5440 #5A9D40

square

#40899D #82409D #9D5440 #5A9D40

split-complementary

#40899D #9D405A #9D8240

monochromatic

#1D3D46 #2E6372 #40899D #5DA8BD #89C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#40899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#40899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40899D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40899D	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.078 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eabba',
    500: '#40899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40899d;
$custom-light: #7eabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.903,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.07834,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40899D

secondary

#B98C7F

accent

#7156D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40899D

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

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