#40A491#40A491

#40A491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.097 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A491
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 11.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -33.69, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 33.71, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0971 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.097 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4983, 29.6831, 31.4317)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A491 #A44053

analogous

#40A45F #40A491 #4085A4

triadic

#40A491 #9140A4 #A49140

tetradic

#40A491 #5F40A4 #A44053 #85A440

square

#40A491 #5F40A4 #A44053 #85A440

split-complementary

#40A491 #A44085 #A45F40

monochromatic

#1E4C43 #2F786A #40A491 #60C1AF #8CD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#40A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#40A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A491

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A491	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.097 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb1',
    500: '#40a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a491;
$custom-light: #80bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65484,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A491

secondary

#BD838E

accent

#546CD4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A491

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

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