#40996E#40996E

#40996E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.108 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40996E
RGB	rgb(64, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(151, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(151, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -37.07, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 39.91, 158.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.1016 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.108 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3186, 24.9967, 18.7137)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40996E #99406B

analogous

#409941 #40996E #409899

triadic

#40996E #6E4099 #996E40

tetradic

#40996E #414099 #99406B #989940

square

#40996E #414099 #99406B #989940

split-complementary

#40996E #994098 #994140

monochromatic

#1C4330 #2E6E4F #40996E #5CBB8D #87CDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#40996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#40996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40996E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40996E	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.108 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db897',
    500: '#40996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40996e;
$custom-light: #7db897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.011,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61694,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40996E

secondary

#B77E99

accent

#5792D1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110D

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40996E

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

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