#40544E#40544E

#40544E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.027 H 174.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40544E
RGB	rgb(64, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(162, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(162, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, -9.14, 0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 9.19, 173.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0265 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.027 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6594, 7.9805, 8.3958)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40544E #544046

analogous

#405444 #40544E #405054

triadic

#40544E #4E4054 #544E40

tetradic

#40544E #444054 #544046 #505440

square

#40544E #444054 #544046 #505440

split-complementary

#40544E #544050 #544440

monochromatic

#0D1110 #26312E #40544E #5A776E #77978E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#40544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#40544E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40544E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40544E	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.027 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75847f',
    500: '#40544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40544e;
$custom-light: #75847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42715,
    "c": 0.02663,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40544E

secondary

#836D73

accent

#7186B6

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EDEFEE

border

#C8CAC9

text

#080A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40544E

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

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