#40A296#40A296

#40A296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A296
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -31.42, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 31.50, 184.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0926 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.093 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5372, 29.1305, 33.3887)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A296 #A2404C

analogous

#40A265 #40A296 #407DA2

triadic

#40A296 #9640A2 #A29640

tetradic

#40A296 #6540A2 #A2404C #7DA240

square

#40A296 #6540A2 #A2404C #7DA240

split-complementary

#40A296 #A2407D #A26540

monochromatic

#1D4A45 #2F766D #40A296 #5FC0B4 #8BD1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#40A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#40A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A296

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A296	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb4',
    500: '#40a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a296;
$custom-light: #80beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65137,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A296

secondary

#BC8289

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A296

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

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