#40A38F#40A38F

#40A38F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.097 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A38F
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 143)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -33.74, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 33.79, 176.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.097 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.097 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1672, 29.2655, 30.5673)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A38F #A34054

analogous

#40A35E #40A38F #4086A3

triadic

#40A38F #8F40A3 #A38F40

tetradic

#40A38F #5E40A3 #A34054 #86A340

square

#40A38F #5E40A3 #A34054 #86A340

split-complementary

#40A38F #A34086 #A35E40

monochromatic

#1D4B42 #2F7768 #40A38F #60C0AD #8CD2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#40A38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A38F

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A38F	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9D9A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.097 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfaf',
    500: '#40a38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a38f;
$custom-light: #7fbfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.879,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A38F

secondary

#BD828E

accent

#546ED3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A38F

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

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