#40A080#40A080

#40A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A080
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -36.10, 8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 37.06, 166.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.1008 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.103 168)
XYZ	xyz(18.5795, 27.7883, 24.8024)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A080 #A04060

analogous

#40A050 #40A080 #4090A0

triadic

#40A080 #8040A0 #A08040

tetradic

#40A080 #5040A0 #A04060 #90A040

square

#40A080 #5040A0 #A04060 #90A040

split-complementary

#40A080 #A04090 #A05040

monochromatic

#1D493A #2F745D #40A080 #5EBF9F #8AD0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#40A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#40A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A080

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A080	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C967E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebda4',
    500: '#40a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a080;
$custom-light: #7ebda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63971,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A080

secondary

#BB8194

accent

#557FD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A080

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

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