#40A398#40A398

#40A398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.093 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A398
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -31.35, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 31.49, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0928 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.093 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8765, 29.5492, 34.3030)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A398 #A3404B

analogous

#40A366 #40A398 #407DA3

triadic

#40A398 #9840A3 #A39840

tetradic

#40A398 #6640A3 #A3404B #7DA340

square

#40A398 #6640A3 #A3404B #7DA340

split-complementary

#40A398 #A3407D #A36640

monochromatic

#1D4B46 #2F776F #40A398 #60C0B6 #8CD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#40A398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A398

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A398	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.093 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb6',
    500: '#40a398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a398;
$custom-light: #80beb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A398

secondary

#BD8289

accent

#5463D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A398

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

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