#40909B#40909B

#40909B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.079 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40909B
RGB	rgb(64, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -20.98, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 24.78, 212.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0702 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.079 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0016, 23.4013, 34.5722)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40909B #9B4B40

analogous

#409B79 #40909B #40629B

triadic

#40909B #9B4090 #909B40

tetradic

#40909B #79409B #9B4B40 #629B40

square

#40909B #79409B #9B4B40 #629B40

split-complementary

#40909B #9B4062 #9B7940

monochromatic

#1C4044 #2E6870 #40909B #5CB0BC #88C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#40909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#40909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40909B

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40909B	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.079 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0b8',
    500: '#40909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40909b;
$custom-light: #7eb0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.253,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60815,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40909B

secondary

#B8857E

accent

#6556D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40909B

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

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