#40A196#40A196

#40A196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A196
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -30.94, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 31.06, 185.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0915 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.092 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3618, 28.7796, 33.3302)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A196 #A1404B

analogous

#40A166 #40A196 #407CA1

triadic

#40A196 #9640A1 #A19640

tetradic

#40A196 #6640A1 #A1404B #7CA140

square

#40A196 #6640A1 #A1404B #7CA140

split-complementary

#40A196 #A1407C #A16640

monochromatic

#1D4944 #2F756D #40A196 #5FBFB4 #8BD1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#40A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#40A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A196

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A196	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbdb4',
    500: '#40a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a196;
$custom-light: #7fbdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.196,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A196

secondary

#BC8188

accent

#5563D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A196

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

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