#40A396#40A396

#40A396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.094 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A396
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -31.89, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 31.95, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0937 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.094 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7141, 29.4842, 33.4476)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A396 #A3404D

analogous

#40A365 #40A396 #407FA3

triadic

#40A396 #9640A3 #A39640

tetradic

#40A396 #6540A3 #A3404D #7FA340

square

#40A396 #6540A3 #A3404D #7FA340

split-complementary

#40A396 #A3407F #A36540

monochromatic

#1D4B45 #2F776E #40A396 #60C0B4 #8CD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#40A396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A396

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A396	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.094 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb4',
    500: '#40a396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a396;
$custom-light: #80bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.121,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65389,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A396

secondary

#BD828A

accent

#5465D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A396

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

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