#40A37E#40A37E

#40A37E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A37E
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 22.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -37.92, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 39.42, 164.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.1051 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.109 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9756, 28.7888, 24.2914)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A37E #A34065

analogous

#40A34D #40A37E #4096A3

triadic

#40A37E #7E40A3 #A37E40

tetradic

#40A37E #4D40A3 #A34065 #96A340

square

#40A37E #4D40A3 #A34065 #96A340

split-complementary

#40A37E #A34096 #A34D40

monochromatic

#1D4B3A #2F775C #40A37E #60C09C #8CD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#40A37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#40A37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A37E

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A37E	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0987C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfa3',
    500: '#40a37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a37e;
$custom-light: #7fbfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.576,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64688,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A37E

secondary

#BD8298

accent

#5484D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A37E

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

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