#40879B — Cyan

#40879B is a cyan in the Cyan family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium cyan, and it is also commonly known as Cyan, Aqua. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#40879B color swatch, cyan#40879B
CSS Namedarkcyan (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f1f6f8
100#e1ecef
200#c8dde4
300#a0c8d4
400#71adbf
500#4c97ac
600#3a8599
700#296f81
800#205c6c
900#184e5c
950#0c2e37

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.07:1
Contrast on black
5.16:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 218.8); /* #f1f6f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.012 218.8); /* #e1ecef */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.025 218.8); /* #c8dde4 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.045 218.8); /* #a0c8d4 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.067 218.8); /* #71adbf */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.081 218.8); /* #4c97ac */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.079 218.8); /* #3a8599 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.074 218.8); /* #296f81 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.066 218.8); /* #205c6c */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.06 218.8); /* #184e5c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.042 218.8); /* #0c2e37 */
}

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