#40A291#40A291

#40A291 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A291
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 145)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -32.75, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 32.75, 179.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0949 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.095 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1432, 28.9729, 31.3134)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A291 #A24051

analogous

#40A260 #40A291 #4082A2

triadic

#40A291 #9140A2 #A29140

tetradic

#40A291 #6040A2 #A24051 #82A240

square

#40A291 #6040A2 #A24051 #82A240

split-complementary

#40A291 #A24082 #A26040

monochromatic

#1D4A42 #2F766A #40A291 #5FC0AF #8BD1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#40A291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#40A291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A291

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A291	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)

#9B9990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbeb1',
    500: '#40a291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a291;
$custom-light: #7fbeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.592,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A291

secondary

#BC828C

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A291

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

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