#40959E#40959E

#40959E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.082 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959E
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -22.69, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 25.87, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0746 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.082 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0308, 25.0516, 36.1736)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959E #9E4940

analogous

#409E78 #40959E #40669E

triadic

#40959E #9E4095 #959E40

tetradic

#40959E #78409E #9E4940 #669E40

square

#40959E #78409E #9E4940 #669E40

split-complementary

#40959E #9E4066 #9E7840

monochromatic

#1D4347 #2E6C72 #40959E #5EB4BE #89C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#40959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#40959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.082 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4ba',
    500: '#40959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40959e;
$custom-light: #7fb4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959E

secondary

#BA8580

accent

#6256D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959E

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

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