#40A19C#40A19C

#40A19C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.090 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A19C
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 156)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -29.29, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 29.87, 191.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0888 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.09 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8573, 28.9779, 35.9401)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A19C #A14045

analogous

#40A16C #40A19C #4076A1

triadic

#40A19C #9C40A1 #A19C40

tetradic

#40A19C #6C40A1 #A14045 #76A140

square

#40A19C #6C40A1 #A14045 #76A140

split-complementary

#40A19C #A14076 #A16C40

monochromatic

#1D4947 #2F7572 #40A19C #5FBFBA #8BD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#40A19C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#40A19C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A19C

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A19C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A19C	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a19c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.090 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb9',
    500: '#40a19c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a19c;
$custom-light: #80bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a19c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.907,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65086,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A19C

secondary

#BC8184

accent

#555BD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A19C

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

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