#40959D#40959D

#40959D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.082 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959D
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -22.98, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 25.89, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.075 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.082 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9451, 25.0173, 35.7222)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959D #9D4840

analogous

#409D76 #40959D #40669D

triadic

#40959D #9D4095 #959D40

tetradic

#40959D #76409D #9D4840 #669D40

square

#40959D #76409D #9D4840 #669D40

split-complementary

#40959D #9D4066 #9D7640

monochromatic

#1D4246 #2E6C72 #40959D #5DB5BD #89C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#40959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#40959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959D

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959D	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)

#8A8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.082 203.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62132,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959D

secondary

#B9847F

accent

#6156D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959D

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

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