#40A28D#40A28D

#40A28D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.097 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A28D
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 13%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -33.79, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 33.88, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0968 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.097 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8402, 28.8517, 29.7175)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A28D #A24055

analogous

#40A25C #40A28D #4086A2

triadic

#40A28D #8D40A2 #A28D40

tetradic

#40A28D #5C40A2 #A24055 #86A240

square

#40A28D #5C40A2 #A24055 #86A240

split-complementary

#40A28D #A24086 #A25C40

monochromatic

#1D4A41 #2F7667 #40A28D #5FC0AB #8BD1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#40A28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#40A28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A28D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A28D	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.097 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbeae',
    500: '#40a28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a28d;
$custom-light: #7fbeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64856,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A28D

secondary

#BC828E

accent

#5570D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A28D

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

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