#40A488#40A488

#40A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A488
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -35.97, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 36.46, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.1014 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.103 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8316, 29.4165, 27.9206)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A488 #A4405C

analogous

#40A456 #40A488 #408EA4

triadic

#40A488 #8840A4 #A48840

tetradic

#40A488 #5640A4 #A4405C #8EA440

square

#40A488 #5640A4 #A4405C #8EA440

split-complementary

#40A488 #A4408E #A45640

monochromatic

#1E4C3F #2F7863 #40A488 #60C1A6 #8CD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#40A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#40A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A488

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A488	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)

#9F9A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfaa',
    500: '#40a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a488;
$custom-light: #7fbfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65218,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A488

secondary

#BD8393

accent

#5478D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A488

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

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