#40A29D#40A29D

#40A29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.091 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A29D
RGB	rgb(64, 162, 157)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -29.49, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 30.09, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0894 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.091 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1178, 29.3628, 36.4464)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A29D #A24045

analogous

#40A26C #40A29D #4076A2

triadic

#40A29D #9D40A2 #A29D40

tetradic

#40A29D #6C40A2 #A24045 #76A240

square

#40A29D #6C40A2 #A24045 #76A240

split-complementary

#40A29D #A24076 #A26C40

monochromatic

#1D4A48 #2F7672 #40A29D #5FC0BB #8BD1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#40A29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#40A29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A29D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A29D	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)

#999A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 162, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.091 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb9',
    500: '#40a29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a29d;
$custom-light: #80beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.939,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A29D

secondary

#BC8285

accent

#555BD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A29D

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

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