#40978D#40978D

#40978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.085 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40978D
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -28.53, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 28.64, 185.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0844 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.085 185)
XYZ	xyz(17.9866, 25.1445, 29.0996)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40978D #97404A

analogous

#409761 #40978D #407697

triadic

#40978D #8D4097 #978D40

tetradic

#40978D #614097 #97404A #769740

square

#40978D #614097 #97404A #769740

split-complementary

#40978D #974076 #976140

monochromatic

#1C413D #2E6C65 #40978D #5BB9AF #86CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#40978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#40978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40978D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40978D	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.085 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6ae',
    500: '#40978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40978d;
$custom-light: #7eb6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.103,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62068,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.25146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40978D

secondary

#B67D83

accent

#5765D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40978D

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

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