#40A19E#40A19E

#40A19E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.090 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A19E
RGB	rgb(64, 161, 158)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -28.72, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 29.54, 193.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0879 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.09 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0281, 29.0462, 36.8394)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A19E #A14043

analogous

#40A16E #40A19E #4074A1

triadic

#40A19E #9E40A1 #A19E40

tetradic

#40A19E #6E40A1 #A14043 #74A140

square

#40A19E #6E40A1 #A14043 #74A140

split-complementary

#40A19E #A14074 #A16E40

monochromatic

#1D4948 #2F7573 #40A19E #5FBFBC #8BD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#40A19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#40A19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A19E

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A19E	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 161, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.090 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdba',
    500: '#40a19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a19e;
$custom-light: #80bdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.144,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65155,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A19E

secondary

#BC8183

accent

#5559D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A19E

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

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