#40A18E#40A18E

#40A18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.095 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A18E
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -33.06, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 33.09, 177.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0952 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.095 178)
XYZ	xyz(19.7395, 28.5307, 30.0526)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A18E #A14053

analogous

#40A15E #40A18E #4084A1

triadic

#40A18E #8E40A1 #A18E40

tetradic

#40A18E #5E40A1 #A14053 #84A140

square

#40A18E #5E40A1 #A14053 #84A140

split-complementary

#40A18E #A14084 #A15E40

monochromatic

#1D4941 #2F7567 #40A18E #5FBFAC #8BD1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#40A18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#40A18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A18E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A18E	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.095 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdaf',
    500: '#40a18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a18e;
$custom-light: #7fbdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.247,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64633,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.28533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A18E

secondary

#BC818D

accent

#556ED3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A18E

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

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