#40979E#40979E

#40979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40979E
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -23.71, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 26.36, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0768 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3499, 25.6899, 36.2800)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40979E #9E4740

analogous

#409E76 #40979E #40689E

triadic

#40979E #9E4097 #979E40

tetradic

#40979E #76409E #9E4740 #689E40

square

#40979E #76409E #9E4740 #689E40

split-complementary

#40979E #9E4068 #9E7640

monochromatic

#1D4447 #2E6D72 #40979E #5EB6BE #89CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#40979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#40979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40979E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40979E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6ba',
    500: '#40979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40979e;
$custom-light: #7fb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.468,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40979E

secondary

#BA8480

accent

#5F56D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40979E

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

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