#40A38E#40A38E

#40A38E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.098 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A38E
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 142)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -34.00, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 34.08, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0974 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.098 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0918, 29.2353, 30.1701)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A38E #A34055

analogous

#40A35D #40A38E #4086A3

triadic

#40A38E #8E40A3 #A38E40

tetradic

#40A38E #5D40A3 #A34055 #86A340

square

#40A38E #5D40A3 #A34055 #86A340

split-complementary

#40A38E #A34086 #A35D40

monochromatic

#1D4B41 #2F7768 #40A38E #60C0AC #8CD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A38E

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A38E	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)

#9D998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.098 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfaf',
    500: '#40a38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a38e;
$custom-light: #7fbfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.273,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A38E

secondary

#BD828F

accent

#546FD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A38E

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

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