#40A187#40A187

#40A187 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A187
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 135)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 16.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -34.85, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 35.22, 171.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0985 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.099 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2303, 28.3271, 27.3712)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A187 #A1405A

analogous

#40A157 #40A187 #408BA1

triadic

#40A187 #8740A1 #A18740

tetradic

#40A187 #5740A1 #A1405A #8BA140

square

#40A187 #5740A1 #A1405A #8BA140

split-complementary

#40A187 #A1408B #A15740

monochromatic

#1D493E #2F7562 #40A187 #5FBFA5 #8BD1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#40A187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#40A187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A187

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A187	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdaa',
    500: '#40a187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a187;
$custom-light: #7fbdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.918,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64424,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A187

secondary

#BC8191

accent

#5577D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A187

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

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