#40A08F#40A08F

#40A08F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A08F
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 143)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -32.33, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 32.33, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0936 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.094 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6408, 28.2128, 30.3918)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A08F #A04051

analogous

#40A05F #40A08F #4081A0

triadic

#40A08F #8F40A0 #A08F40

tetradic

#40A08F #5F40A0 #A04051 #81A040

square

#40A08F #5F40A0 #A04051 #81A040

split-complementary

#40A08F #A04081 #A05F40

monochromatic

#1D4941 #2F7468 #40A08F #5EBFAE #8AD0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#40A08F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#40A08F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A08F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A08F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A08F	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a08f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcaf',
    500: '#40a08f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a08f;
$custom-light: #7fbcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a08f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.375,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A08F

secondary

#BB818B

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A08F

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

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