#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
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -33.32, 1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 33.38, 176.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0957 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.096 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6647, 28.5008, 29.6590)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##40A18D	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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