#40978E#40978E

#40978E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.084 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40978E
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -28.25, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 28.43, 186.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.084 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.084 186)
XYZ	xyz(18.0613, 25.1744, 29.4933)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40978E #974049

analogous

#409763 #40978E #407597

triadic

#40978E #8E4097 #978E40

tetradic

#40978E #634097 #974049 #759740

square

#40978E #634097 #974049 #759740

split-complementary

#40978E #974075 #976340

monochromatic

#1C413D #2E6C66 #40978E #5BB9B0 #86CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#40978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#40978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40978E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40978E	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.084 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6af',
    500: '#40978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40978e;
$custom-light: #7eb6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62101,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.25176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40978E

secondary

#B67D83

accent

#5764D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40978E

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

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