#40504A#40504A

#40504A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.022 H 170.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40504A
RGB	rgb(64, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(158, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(158, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 7.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, -7.70, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 7.83, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% -0.0221 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.022 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2187, 7.3215, 7.5628)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40504A #504046

analogous

#405042 #40504A #404E50

triadic

#40504A #4A4050 #504A40

tetradic

#40504A #424050 #504046 #4E5040

square

#40504A #424050 #504046 #4E5040

split-complementary

#40504A #50404E #504240

monochromatic

#0E1110 #252E2B #40504A #5B7269 #789389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#40504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#40504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40504A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40504A	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.022 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75817c',
    500: '#40504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40504a;
$custom-light: #75817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4155,
    "c": 0.02246,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40504A

secondary

#7F6D74

accent

#748CB4

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#080A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #40504A

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

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