#40A47E#40A47E

#40A47E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A47E
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 126)
HSL	hsl(157, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 23.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -38.37, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 39.97, 163.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.1062 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.11 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1538, 29.1453, 24.3508)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A47E #A44066

analogous

#40A44C #40A47E #4098A4

triadic

#40A47E #7E40A4 #A47E40

tetradic

#40A47E #4C40A4 #A44066 #98A440

square

#40A47E #4C40A4 #A44066 #98A440

split-complementary

#40A47E #A44098 #A44C40

monochromatic

#1E4C3A #2F785C #40A47E #60C19C #8CD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#40A47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A47E

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A47E	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfa3',
    500: '#40a47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a47e;
$custom-light: #7fbfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64945,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A47E

secondary

#BD8399

accent

#5485D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A47E

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

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