#40A28B#40A28B

#40A28B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A28B
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 139)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -34.30, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 34.48, 174.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0978 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.098 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6927, 28.7927, 28.9408)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A28B #A24057

analogous

#40A25A #40A28B #4088A2

triadic

#40A28B #8B40A2 #A28B40

tetradic

#40A28B #5A40A2 #A24057 #88A240

square

#40A28B #5A40A2 #A24057 #88A240

split-complementary

#40A28B #A24088 #A25A40

monochromatic

#1D4A40 #2F7665 #40A28B #5FC0A9 #8BD1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#40A28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#40A28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A28B

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A28B	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D988A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbeac',
    500: '#40a28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a28b;
$custom-light: #7fbeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.918,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64796,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A28B

secondary

#BC828F

accent

#5572D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A28B

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

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