#40978F#40978F

#40978F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.084 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40978F
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -27.98, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 28.22, 187.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0835 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.084 187)
XYZ	xyz(18.1367, 25.2046, 29.8904)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40978F #974048

analogous

#409764 #40978F #407497

triadic

#40978F #8F4097 #978F40

tetradic

#40978F #644097 #974048 #749740

square

#40978F #644097 #974048 #749740

split-complementary

#40978F #974074 #976440

monochromatic

#1C413E #2E6C66 #40978F #5BB9B1 #86CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#40978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#40978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40978F

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#908F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.084 187.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.483,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62134,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.25206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40978F

secondary

#B67D82

accent

#5763D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40978F

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

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