#40A09D#40A09D

#40A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.089 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A09D
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -28.52, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 29.33, 193.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0872 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.089 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7683, 28.6638, 36.3299)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A09D #A04043

analogous

#40A06D #40A09D #4073A0

triadic

#40A09D #9D40A0 #A09D40

tetradic

#40A09D #6D40A0 #A04043 #73A040

square

#40A09D #6D40A0 #A04043 #73A040

split-complementary

#40A09D #A04073 #A06D40

monochromatic

#1D4947 #2F7472 #40A09D #5EBFBC #8AD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#40A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#40A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A09D

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A09D	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)

#97989D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.089 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcb9',
    500: '#40a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a09d;
$custom-light: #80bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64871,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A09D

secondary

#BB8183

accent

#5559D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A09D

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

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