#40A18D#40A18D

#40A18D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.096 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40A18D
RGBrgb(64, 161, 141)
HSLhsl(168, 43%, 44%)
HSVhsv(168, 60%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(60.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(60.34, -33.32, 1.97)
CIE-LCHlch(60.34, 33.38, 176.61°)
OKLaboklab(64.6% -0.0957 0.0047)
OKLCHoklch(64.6% 0.096 177.2)
XYZxyz(19.6647, 28.5008, 29.6590)
Luminance0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40A18D #A14054
analogous
#40A15D #40A18D #4085A1
triadic
#40A18D #8D40A1 #A18D40
tetradic
#40A18D #5D40A1 #A14054 #85A140
square
#40A18D #5D40A1 #A14054 #85A140
split-complementary
#40A18D #A14085 #A15D40
monochromatic
#1D4940 #2F7567 #40A18D #5FBFAB #8BD1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13
#40A18D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70
#40A18D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A18D
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40A18D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##40A18D1.003.136.706.70
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B988C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D8D8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A39B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40a18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.096 177.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdae',
    500: '#40a18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40a18d;
$custom-light: #7fbdae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40a18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.629,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64602,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40A18D
secondary
#BC818D
accent
#556FD3
background
#F8FBFA
surface
#EFF6F4
border
#CAD0CE
text
#0B1210
muted
#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A18D

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#40A18D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva