#40A199#40A199

#40A199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.091 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A199
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -30.12, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 30.42, 188.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0901 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.091 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6064, 28.8775, 34.6188)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A199 #A14048

analogous

#40A169 #40A199 #4079A1

triadic

#40A199 #9940A1 #A19940

tetradic

#40A199 #6940A1 #A14048 #79A140

square

#40A199 #6940A1 #A14048 #79A140

split-complementary

#40A199 #A14079 #A16940

monochromatic

#1D4946 #2F756F #40A199 #5FBFB7 #8BD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#40A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#40A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A199

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A199	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.091 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb7',
    500: '#40a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a199;
$custom-light: #80bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64985,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A199

secondary

#BC8186

accent

#555FD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A199

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

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