#40838D#40838D

#40838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.069 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40838D
RGB	rgb(64, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -18.25, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 21.78, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0612 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.069 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0365, 19.2443, 28.1163)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40838D #8D4A40

analogous

#408D70 #40838D #405D8D

triadic

#40838D #8D4083 #838D40

tetradic

#40838D #70408D #8D4A40 #5D8D40

square

#40838D #70408D #8D4A40 #5D8D40

split-complementary

#40838D #8D405D #8D7040

monochromatic

#1A3539 #2D5C63 #40838D #57A7B3 #81BDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#40838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#40838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40838D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40838D	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.069 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca7ae',
    500: '#40838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40838d;
$custom-light: #7ca7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.792,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57031,
    "c": 0.06943,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40838D

secondary

#B08078

accent

#695ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40838D

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

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