#40978C#40978C

#40978C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.085 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40978C
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -28.80, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 28.87, 184.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0849 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.085 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9125, 25.1149, 28.7095)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40978C #97404B

analogous

#409761 #40978C #407797

triadic

#40978C #8C4097 #978C40

tetradic

#40978C #614097 #97404B #779740

square

#40978C #614097 #97404B #779740

split-complementary

#40978C #974077 #976140

monochromatic

#1C413C #2E6C64 #40978C #5BB9AD #86CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#40978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#40978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40978C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40978C	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)

#908F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.085 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6ad',
    500: '#40978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40978c;
$custom-light: #7eb6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.414,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40978C

secondary

#B67D84

accent

#5767D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40978C

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

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