#40909C#40909C

#40909C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.079 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40909C
RGB	rgb(64, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -20.68, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 24.81, 213.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0698 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.079 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0859, 23.4350, 35.0163)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40909C #9C4C40

analogous

#409C7A #40909C #40629C

triadic

#40909C #9C4090 #909C40

tetradic

#40909C #7A409C #9C4C40 #629C40

square

#40909C #7A409C #9C4C40 #629C40

split-complementary

#40909C #9C4062 #9C7A40

monochromatic

#1C4045 #2E6871 #40909C #5DB0BC #88C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#40909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#40909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40909C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40909C	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.079 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0b9',
    500: '#40909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40909c;
$custom-light: #7eb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60854,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40909C

secondary

#B9867F

accent

#6656D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40909C

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

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