#40959B#40959B

#40959B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959B
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -23.57, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 25.96, 204.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0759 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7757, 24.9496, 34.8303)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959B #9B4640

analogous

#409B73 #40959B #40679B

triadic

#40959B #9B4095 #959B40

tetradic

#40959B #73409B #9B4640 #679B40

square

#40959B #73409B #9B4640 #679B40

split-complementary

#40959B #9B4067 #9B7340

monochromatic

#1C4244 #2E6B70 #40959B #5CB6BC #88C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#40959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#40959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959B

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959B	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4b8',
    500: '#40959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40959b;
$custom-light: #7fb4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.956,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62057,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959B

secondary

#B8827E

accent

#5F56D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959B

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

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