#40A09C#40A09C

#40A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A09C
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -28.80, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 29.48, 192.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0877 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.089 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6833, 28.6298, 35.8821)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A09C #A04044

analogous

#40A06C #40A09C #4074A0

triadic

#40A09C #9C40A0 #A09C40

tetradic

#40A09C #6C40A0 #A04044 #74A040

square

#40A09C #6C40A0 #A04044 #74A040

split-complementary

#40A09C #A04074 #A06C40

monochromatic

#1D4947 #2F7471 #40A09C #5EBFBB #8AD0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#40A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#40A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A09C

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A09C	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcb9',
    500: '#40a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a09c;
$custom-light: #80bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A09C

secondary

#BB8183

accent

#555AD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A09C

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

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