#40A478#40A478

#40A478 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A478
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 26.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -39.73, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 42.24, 160.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.1091 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.115 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7782, 28.9951, 22.3727)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A478 #A4406C

analogous

#40A446 #40A478 #409EA4

triadic

#40A478 #7840A4 #A47840

tetradic

#40A478 #4640A4 #A4406C #9EA440

square

#40A478 #4640A4 #A4406C #9EA440

split-complementary

#40A478 #A4409E #A44640

monochromatic

#1E4C38 #2F7858 #40A478 #60C196 #8CD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#40A478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#40A478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A478

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A478	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc09f',
    500: '#40a478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a478;
$custom-light: #7fc09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64793,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A478

secondary

#BD839C

accent

#548CD4

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A478

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

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