#40A19D#40A19D

#40A19D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.090 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A19D
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -29.01, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 29.70, 192.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0883 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.09 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9424, 29.0119, 36.3879)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A19D #A14044

analogous

#40A16D #40A19D #4075A1

triadic

#40A19D #9D40A1 #A19D40

tetradic

#40A19D #6D40A1 #A14044 #75A140

square

#40A19D #6D40A1 #A14044 #75A140

split-complementary

#40A19D #A14075 #A16D40

monochromatic

#1D4948 #2F7572 #40A19D #5FBFBB #8BD1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#40A19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#40A19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A19D

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A19D	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)

#98999D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.090 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb9',
    500: '#40a19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a19d;
$custom-light: #80bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.526,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65121,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A19D

secondary

#BC8184

accent

#555AD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A19D

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

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