#40A482#40A482

#40A482 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A482
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 130)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 20.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -37.43, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 38.52, 166.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.1043 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.107 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4171, 29.2507, 25.7374)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A482 #A44062

analogous

#40A450 #40A482 #4094A4

triadic

#40A482 #8240A4 #A48240

tetradic

#40A482 #5040A4 #A44062 #94A440

square

#40A482 #5040A4 #A44062 #94A440

split-complementary

#40A482 #A44094 #A45040

monochromatic

#1E4C3C #2F785F #40A482 #60C1A0 #8CD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#40A482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#40A482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A482

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A482	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)

#A09980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfa6',
    500: '#40a482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a482;
$custom-light: #7fbfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A482

secondary

#BD8397

accent

#5480D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A482

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

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