#40A29C#40A29C

#40A29C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.091 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A29C
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 156)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -29.77, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 30.26, 190.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0899 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.091 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0328, 29.3288, 35.9986)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A29C #A24046

analogous

#40A26B #40A29C #4077A2

triadic

#40A29C #9C40A2 #A29C40

tetradic

#40A29C #6B40A2 #A24046 #77A240

square

#40A29C #6B40A2 #A24046 #77A240

split-complementary

#40A29C #A24077 #A26B40

monochromatic

#1D4A48 #2F7672 #40A29C #5FC0BA #8BD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#40A29C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#40A29C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A29C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A29C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A29C	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a29c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.091 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb9',
    500: '#40a29c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a29c;
$custom-light: #80beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a29c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A29C

secondary

#BC8285

accent

#555CD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A29C

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

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