#40969C#40969C

#40969C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40969C
RGB	rgb(64, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -23.79, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 26.18, 204.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0766 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0189, 25.3011, 35.3273)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40969C #9C4640

analogous

#409C74 #40969C #40689C

triadic

#40969C #9C4096 #969C40

tetradic

#40969C #74409C #9C4640 #689C40

square

#40969C #74409C #9C4640 #689C40

split-complementary

#40969C #9C4068 #9C7440

monochromatic

#1C4345 #2E6C71 #40969C #5DB6BC #88CACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#40969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#40969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40969C

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40969C	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5b9',
    500: '#40969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40969c;
$custom-light: #7fb5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62343,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40969C

secondary

#B9837F

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40969C

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

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