#40838E#40838E

#40838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.070 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40838E
RGB	rgb(64, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -17.95, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 21.83, 214.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0607 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.07 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1112, 19.2742, 28.5099)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40838E #8E4B40

analogous

#408E72 #40838E #405C8E

triadic

#40838E #8E4083 #838E40

tetradic

#40838E #72408E #8E4B40 #5C8E40

square

#40838E #72408E #8E4B40 #5C8E40

split-complementary

#40838E #8E405C #8E7240

monochromatic

#1A353A #2D5C64 #40838E #58A7B4 #82BDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#40838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#40838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40838E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40838E	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.070 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca7af',
    500: '#40838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40838e;
$custom-light: #7ca7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.462,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40838E

secondary

#B18179

accent

#6A5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40838E

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

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