#40A486#40A486

#40A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.104 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A486
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -36.46, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 37.13, 169.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.1023 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.104 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6908, 29.3601, 27.1790)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A486 #A4405E

analogous

#40A454 #40A486 #4090A4

triadic

#40A486 #8640A4 #A48640

tetradic

#40A486 #5440A4 #A4405E #90A440

square

#40A486 #5440A4 #A4405E #90A440

split-complementary

#40A486 #A44090 #A45440

monochromatic

#1E4C3E #2F7862 #40A486 #60C1A4 #8CD2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#40A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#40A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A486

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A486	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.104 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfa9',
    500: '#40a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a486;
$custom-light: #7fbfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65162,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A486

secondary

#BD8394

accent

#547AD4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A486

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

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