#40959A#40959A

#40959A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.082 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959A
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -23.86, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 26.01, 203.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0763 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.082 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6921, 24.9161, 34.3898)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959A #9A4540

analogous

#409A72 #40959A #40689A

triadic

#40959A #9A4095 #959A40

tetradic

#40959A #72409A #9A4540 #689A40

square

#40959A #72409A #9A4540 #689A40

split-complementary

#40959A #9A4068 #9A7240

monochromatic

#1C4144 #2E6B6F #40959A #5CB6BB #87C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#40959A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#40959A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.082 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb4b7',
    500: '#40959a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40959a;
$custom-light: #7eb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6202,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959A

secondary

#B8817E

accent

#5D57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959A

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

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