#40A39D#40A39D

#40A39D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.092 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A39D
RGB	rgb(64, 163, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -29.98, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 30.48, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0905 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.092 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2947, 29.7165, 36.5054)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A39D #A34046

analogous

#40A36C #40A39D #4077A3

triadic

#40A39D #9D40A3 #A39D40

tetradic

#40A39D #6C40A3 #A34046 #77A340

square

#40A39D #6C40A3 #A34046 #77A340

split-complementary

#40A39D #A34077 #A36C40

monochromatic

#1D4B48 #2F7773 #40A39D #60C0BB #8CD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#40A39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#40A39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A39D

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A39D	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 163, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.092 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb9',
    500: '#40a39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a39d;
$custom-light: #80beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A39D

secondary

#BD8286

accent

#545CD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A39D

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

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