#40969E#40969E

#40969E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.083 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40969E
RGB	rgb(64, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -23.20, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 26.11, 207.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0757 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.083 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1897, 25.3694, 36.2266)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40969E #9E4840

analogous

#409E77 #40969E #40679E

triadic

#40969E #9E4096 #969E40

tetradic

#40969E #77409E #9E4840 #679E40

square

#40969E #77409E #9E4840 #679E40

split-complementary

#40969E #9E4067 #9E7740

monochromatic

#1D4347 #2E6D72 #40969E #5EB5BE #89C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#40969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#40969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40969E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40969E	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.083 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5ba',
    500: '#40969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40969e;
$custom-light: #7fb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62418,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40969E

secondary

#BA8580

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40969E

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

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