#40A498#40A498

#40A498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.094 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A498
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -31.83, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 31.92, 184.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0939 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.094 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0547, 29.9057, 34.3625)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A498 #A4404C

analogous

#40A466 #40A498 #407EA4

triadic

#40A498 #9840A4 #A49840

tetradic

#40A498 #6640A4 #A4404C #7EA440

square

#40A498 #6640A4 #A4404C #7EA440

split-complementary

#40A498 #A4407E #A46640

monochromatic

#1E4C46 #2F786F #40A498 #60C1B5 #8CD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#40A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#40A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A498

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A498	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.094 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb6',
    500: '#40a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a498;
$custom-light: #80bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65705,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A498

secondary

#BD838A

accent

#5463D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A498

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

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