#40A279#40A279

#40A279 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.111 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A279
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(155, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -38.62, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 40.74, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.1064 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.111 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4841, 28.3093, 22.5756)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A279 #A24069

analogous

#40A248 #40A279 #409AA2

triadic

#40A279 #7940A2 #A27940

tetradic

#40A279 #4840A2 #A24069 #9AA240

square

#40A279 #4840A2 #A24069 #9AA240

split-complementary

#40A279 #A2409A #A24840

monochromatic

#1D4A37 #2F7658 #40A279 #5FC097 #8BD1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#40A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#40A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A279

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A279	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.111 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebe9f',
    500: '#40a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a279;
$custom-light: #7ebe9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.898,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64302,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A279

secondary

#BC829A

accent

#558AD3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A279

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

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