#40797E#40797E

#40797E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.060 H 202.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40797E
RGB	rgb(64, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(185, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, -17.23, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 19.23, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% -0.0556 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.06 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7161, 16.2700, 22.2049)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40797E #7E4540

analogous

#407E64 #40797E #405A7E

triadic

#40797E #7E4079 #797E40

tetradic

#40797E #64407E #7E4540 #5A7E40

square

#40797E #64407E #7E4540 #5A7E40

split-complementary

#40797E #7E405A #7E6440

monochromatic

#172B2D #2B5255 #40797E #55A0A7 #7CB7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#40797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#40797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40797E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40797E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.060 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa0a3',
    500: '#40797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40797e;
$custom-light: #7aa0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53936,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40797E

secondary

#A77773

accent

#685FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F3

border

#C9CCCD

text

#090E0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40797E

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

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