#40A197#40A197

#40A197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A197
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -30.67, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 30.84, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.091 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.092 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4426, 28.8120, 33.7561)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A197 #A1404A

analogous

#40A167 #40A197 #407BA1

triadic

#40A197 #9740A1 #A19740

tetradic

#40A197 #6740A1 #A1404A #7BA140

square

#40A197 #6740A1 #A1404A #7BA140

split-complementary

#40A197 #A1407B #A16740

monochromatic

#1D4945 #2F756E #40A197 #5FBFB5 #8BD1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#40A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#40A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A197

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A197	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)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb5',
    500: '#40a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a197;
$custom-light: #80bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A197

secondary

#BC8187

accent

#5562D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A197

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

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