#40997E#40997E

#40997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40997E
RGB	rgb(64, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -33.36, 6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 33.95, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0938 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.095 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2697, 25.3771, 23.7228)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40997E #99405B

analogous

#409952 #40997E #408799

triadic

#40997E #7E4099 #997E40

tetradic

#40997E #524099 #99405B #879940

square

#40997E #524099 #99405B #879940

split-complementary

#40997E #994087 #995240

monochromatic

#1C4337 #2E6E5A #40997E #5CBB9E #87CDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#40997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#40997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40997E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40997E	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7a3',
    500: '#40997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40997e;
$custom-light: #7db7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.798,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40997E

secondary

#B77E8F

accent

#577CD1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40997E

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

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