#40A397#40A397

#40A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A397
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -31.62, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 31.71, 184.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0932 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.094 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7949, 29.5166, 33.8735)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A397 #A3404C

analogous

#40A366 #40A397 #407EA3

triadic

#40A397 #9740A3 #A39740

tetradic

#40A397 #6640A3 #A3404C #7EA340

square

#40A397 #6640A3 #A3404C #7EA340

split-complementary

#40A397 #A3407E #A36640

monochromatic

#1D4B46 #2F776E #40A397 #60C0B5 #8CD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#40A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A397

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A397	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)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb5',
    500: '#40a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a397;
$custom-light: #80bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65421,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A397

secondary

#BD8289

accent

#5464D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A397

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

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