#40A173#40A173

#40A173 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.115 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A173
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(152, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(152, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -39.51, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 42.50, 158.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.1082 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.115 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9521, 27.8158, 20.6392)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A173 #A1406E

analogous

#40A143 #40A173 #409FA1

triadic

#40A173 #7340A1 #A17340

tetradic

#40A173 #4340A1 #A1406E #9FA140

square

#40A173 #4340A1 #A1406E #9FA140

split-complementary

#40A173 #A1409F #A14340

monochromatic

#1D4934 #2F7554 #40A173 #5FBF92 #8BD1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#40A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#40A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A173

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A173	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)

#9F9670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.115 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebd9b',
    500: '#40a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a173;
$custom-light: #7ebd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.546,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63895,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A173

secondary

#BC819D

accent

#5591D3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A173

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

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