#40A48E#40A48E

#40A48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A48E
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -34.46, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 34.58, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0985 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.099 176)
XYZ	xyz(20.2700, 29.5918, 30.2295)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A48E #A44056

analogous

#40A45C #40A48E #4088A4

triadic

#40A48E #8E40A4 #A48E40

tetradic

#40A48E #5C40A4 #A44056 #88A440

square

#40A48E #5C40A4 #A44056 #88A440

split-complementary

#40A48E #A44088 #A45C40

monochromatic

#1E4C42 #2F7868 #40A48E #60C1AC #8CD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#40A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#40A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A48E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A48E	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfaf',
    500: '#40a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a48e;
$custom-light: #7fbfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65393,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.29594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A48E

secondary

#BD8390

accent

#5470D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A48E

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

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