#40A185#40A185

#40A185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A185
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 17.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -35.34, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 35.88, 170.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0995 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.101 171)
XYZ	xyz(19.0908, 28.2713, 26.6366)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A185 #A1405C

analogous

#40A155 #40A185 #408DA1

triadic

#40A185 #8540A1 #A18540

tetradic

#40A185 #5540A1 #A1405C #8DA140

square

#40A185 #5540A1 #A1405C #8DA140

split-complementary

#40A185 #A1408D #A15540

monochromatic

#1D493D #2F7561 #40A185 #5FBFA3 #8BD1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#40A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#40A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A185

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A185	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbda8',
    500: '#40a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a185;
$custom-light: #7fbda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64367,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.28273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A185

secondary

#BC8192

accent

#5579D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A185

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

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