#40A49A#40A49A

#40A49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.093 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A49A
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 154)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -31.29, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 31.48, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.093 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.093 186)
XYZ	xyz(21.2199, 29.9718, 35.2324)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A49A #A4404A

analogous

#40A468 #40A49A #407CA4

triadic

#40A49A #9A40A4 #A49A40

tetradic

#40A49A #6840A4 #A4404A #7CA440

square

#40A49A #6840A4 #A4404A #7CA440

split-complementary

#40A49A #A4407C #A46840

monochromatic

#1E4C47 #2F7871 #40A49A #60C1B7 #8CD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#40A49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A49A

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A49A	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D909B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.093 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb7',
    500: '#40a49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a49a;
$custom-light: #80bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6577,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A49A

secondary

#BD8389

accent

#5461D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A49A

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

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