#40A174#40A174

#40A174 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A174
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(152, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(152, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 28%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -39.29, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 42.11, 158.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.1077 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.114 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0100, 27.8389, 20.9439)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A174 #A1406D

analogous

#40A144 #40A174 #409EA1

triadic

#40A174 #7440A1 #A17440

tetradic

#40A174 #4440A1 #A1406D #9EA140

square

#40A174 #4440A1 #A1406D #9EA140

split-complementary

#40A174 #A1409E #A14440

monochromatic

#1D4935 #2F7554 #40A174 #5FBF93 #8BD1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#40A174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#40A174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A174

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A174	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebd9c',
    500: '#40a174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a174;
$custom-light: #7ebd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.165,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A174

secondary

#BC819C

accent

#558FD3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A174

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

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