#40979A#40979A

#40979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.083 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40979A
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -24.88, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 26.61, 200.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0786 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.083 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0112, 25.5544, 34.4962)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40979A #9A4340

analogous

#409A70 #40979A #406A9A

triadic

#40979A #9A4097 #979A40

tetradic

#40979A #70409A #9A4340 #6A9A40

square

#40979A #70409A #9A4340 #6A9A40

split-complementary

#40979A #9A406A #9A7040

monochromatic

#1C4244 #2E6D6F #40979A #5CB8BB #87CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#40979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#40979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40979A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40979A	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.083 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6b7',
    500: '#40979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40979a;
$custom-light: #7fb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40979A

secondary

#B8807E

accent

#5B57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40979A

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

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