#40A299#40A299

#40A299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.092 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A299
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -30.60, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 30.84, 187.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0912 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.092 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7819, 29.2284, 34.6772)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A299 #A24049

analogous

#40A268 #40A299 #407AA2

triadic

#40A299 #9940A2 #A29940

tetradic

#40A299 #6840A2 #A24049 #7AA240

square

#40A299 #6840A2 #A24049 #7AA240

split-complementary

#40A299 #A2407A #A26840

monochromatic

#1D4A46 #2F7670 #40A299 #5FC0B7 #8BD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A299

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A299	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.092 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb7',
    500: '#40a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a299;
$custom-light: #80beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A299

secondary

#BC8287

accent

#5560D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A299

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

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