#40A17C#40A17C

#40A17C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A17C
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 124)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 23%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -37.49, 10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 39.05, 163.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.1038 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.108 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4955, 28.0331, 23.5011)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A17C #A14065

analogous

#40A14C #40A17C #4096A1

triadic

#40A17C #7C40A1 #A17C40

tetradic

#40A17C #4C40A1 #A14065 #96A140

square

#40A17C #4C40A1 #A14065 #96A140

split-complementary

#40A17C #A14096 #A14C40

monochromatic

#1D4939 #2F755A #40A17C #5FBF9B #8BD1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#40A17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#40A17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A17C

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A17C	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebda2',
    500: '#40a17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a17c;
$custom-light: #7ebda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.113,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A17C

secondary

#BC8197

accent

#5585D3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A17C

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

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