#40A489#40A489

#40A489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A489
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 16.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -35.73, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 36.14, 171.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.1009 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.102 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9030, 29.4450, 28.2966)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A489 #A4405B

analogous

#40A457 #40A489 #408DA4

triadic

#40A489 #8940A4 #A48940

tetradic

#40A489 #5740A4 #A4405B #8DA440

square

#40A489 #5740A4 #A4405B #8DA440

split-complementary

#40A489 #A4408D #A45740

monochromatic

#1E4C3F #2F7864 #40A489 #60C1A7 #8CD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#40A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#40A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A489

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A489	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfab',
    500: '#40a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a489;
$custom-light: #7fbfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65247,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A489

secondary

#BD8392

accent

#5477D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A489

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

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