#40979F#40979F

#40979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.083 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40979F
RGB	rgb(64, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -23.42, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 26.33, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0764 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.083 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4364, 25.7244, 36.7352)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40979F #9F4840

analogous

#409F77 #40979F #40679F

triadic

#40979F #9F4097 #979F40

tetradic

#40979F #77409F #9F4840 #679F40

square

#40979F #77409F #9F4840 #679F40

split-complementary

#40979F #9F4067 #9F7740

monochromatic

#1D4448 #2E6E73 #40979F #5EB6BE #8ACAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#40979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#40979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40979F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40979F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.083 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6bb',
    500: '#40979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40979f;
$custom-light: #7fb6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.053,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62704,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40979F

secondary

#BB8580

accent

#6055D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #40979F

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

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