#40A481#40A481

#40A481 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A481
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -37.67, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 38.88, 165.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.1047 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.108 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3503, 29.2239, 25.3856)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A481 #A44063

analogous

#40A44F #40A481 #4095A4

triadic

#40A481 #8140A4 #A48140

tetradic

#40A481 #4F40A4 #A44063 #95A440

square

#40A481 #4F40A4 #A44063 #95A440

split-complementary

#40A481 #A44095 #A44F40

monochromatic

#1E4C3C #2F785E #40A481 #60C19F #8CD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A481

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A481	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0997F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfa5',
    500: '#40a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a481;
$custom-light: #7fbfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65025,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A481

secondary

#BD8397

accent

#5481D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A481

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

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