#40A072#40A072

#40A072 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A072
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 114)
HSL	hsl(151, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(151, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 28.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -39.29, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 42.33, 158.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.1075 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.115 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7208, 27.4448, 20.2798)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A072 #A0406E

analogous

#40A042 #40A072 #409EA0

triadic

#40A072 #7240A0 #A07240

tetradic

#40A072 #4240A0 #A0406E #9EA040

square

#40A072 #4240A0 #A0406E #9EA040

split-complementary

#40A072 #A0409E #A04240

monochromatic

#1D4934 #2F7453 #40A072 #5EBF91 #8AD0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#40A072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#40A072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A072

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A072	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E956F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebd9a',
    500: '#40a072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a072;
$custom-light: #7ebd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.25,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A072

secondary

#BB819D

accent

#5591D3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A072

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

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