#40A38D#40A38D

#40A38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.098 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A38D
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 13.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -34.26, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 34.38, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0979 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.098 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0170, 29.2054, 29.7764)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A38D #A34056

analogous

#40A35C #40A38D #4087A3

triadic

#40A38D #8D40A3 #A38D40

tetradic

#40A38D #5C40A3 #A34056 #87A340

square

#40A38D #5C40A3 #A34056 #87A340

split-complementary

#40A38D #A34087 #A35C40

monochromatic

#1D4B41 #2F7767 #40A38D #60C0AB #8CD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#40A38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A38D

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A38D	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D998C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.098 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfae',
    500: '#40a38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a38d;
$custom-light: #7fbfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6511,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A38D

secondary

#BD828F

accent

#5471D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A38D

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

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