#40959F#40959F

#40959F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.082 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40959F
RGB	rgb(64, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -22.39, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 25.87, 210.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0741 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.082 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1172, 25.0862, 36.6288)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40959F #9F4A40

analogous

#409F79 #40959F #40659F

triadic

#40959F #9F4095 #959F40

tetradic

#40959F #79409F #9F4A40 #659F40

square

#40959F #79409F #9F4A40 #659F40

split-complementary

#40959F #9F4065 #9F7940

monochromatic

#1D4348 #2E6C73 #40959F #5EB4BE #8AC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#40959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#40959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40959F

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40959F	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.082 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4bb',
    500: '#40959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40959f;
$custom-light: #7fb4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62209,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40959F

secondary

#BB8680

accent

#6355D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40959F

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

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