#40979D#40979D

#40979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40979D
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -24.01, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 26.40, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0772 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2642, 25.6556, 35.8285)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40979D #9D4640

analogous

#409D74 #40979D #40689D

triadic

#40979D #9D4097 #979D40

tetradic

#40979D #74409D #9D4640 #689D40

square

#40979D #74409D #9D4640 #689D40

split-complementary

#40979D #9D4068 #9D7440

monochromatic

#1D4346 #2E6D72 #40979D #5DB7BD #89CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#40979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#40979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40979D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40979D	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6b9',
    500: '#40979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40979d;
$custom-light: #7fb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62629,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40979D

secondary

#B9837F

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40979D

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

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