#40A48D#40A48D

#40A48D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A48D
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -34.72, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 34.88, 174.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.099 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.099 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1953, 29.5619, 29.8359)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A48D #A44057

analogous

#40A45B #40A48D #4089A4

triadic

#40A48D #8D40A4 #A48D40

tetradic

#40A48D #5B40A4 #A44057 #89A440

square

#40A48D #5B40A4 #A44057 #89A440

split-complementary

#40A48D #A44089 #A45B40

monochromatic

#1E4C41 #2F7867 #40A48D #60C1AB #8CD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#40A48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A48D

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A48D	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfae',
    500: '#40a48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a48d;
$custom-light: #7fbfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65363,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A48D

secondary

#BD8390

accent

#5472D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A48D

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

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