#40959C#40959C

#40959C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.082 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959C
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -23.28, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 25.92, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0754 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.082 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8600, 24.9833, 35.2744)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959C #9C4740

analogous

#409C75 #40959C #40679C

triadic

#40959C #9C4095 #959C40

tetradic

#40959C #75409C #9C4740 #679C40

square

#40959C #75409C #9C4740 #679C40

split-complementary

#40959C #9C4067 #9C7540

monochromatic

#1C4245 #2E6C71 #40959C #5DB5BC #88C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#40959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#40959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959C	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.082 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4b9',
    500: '#40959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40959c;
$custom-light: #7fb4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62095,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959C

secondary

#B9837F

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959C

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

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