#40A487#40A487

#40A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A487
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -36.22, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 36.79, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.1019 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.103 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7609, 29.3882, 27.5481)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A487 #A4405D

analogous

#40A455 #40A487 #408FA4

triadic

#40A487 #8740A4 #A48740

tetradic

#40A487 #5540A4 #A4405D #8FA440

square

#40A487 #5540A4 #A4405D #8FA440

split-complementary

#40A487 #A4408F #A45540

monochromatic

#1E4C3F #2F7863 #40A487 #60C1A5 #8CD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#40A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#40A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A487

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A487	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfaa',
    500: '#40a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a487;
$custom-light: #7fbfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A487

secondary

#BD8394

accent

#5479D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A487

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

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