#40997F#40997F

#40997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40997F
RGB	rgb(64, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -33.11, 5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 33.61, 170.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0934 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.095 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3346, 25.4031, 24.0643)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40997F #99405A

analogous

#409952 #40997F #408699

triadic

#40997F #7F4099 #997F40

tetradic

#40997F #524099 #99405A #869940

square

#40997F #524099 #99405A #869940

split-complementary

#40997F #994086 #995240

monochromatic

#1C4337 #2E6E5B #40997F #5CBB9F #87CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#40997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#40997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40997F

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40997F	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#95907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7a4',
    500: '#40997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40997f;
$custom-light: #7db7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.472,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62145,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40997F

secondary

#B77E8E

accent

#577BD1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40997F

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

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