#40A49B#40A49B

#40A49B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.093 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A49B
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 155)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 5.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -31.01, -3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 31.27, 187.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0925 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.093 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3036, 30.0052, 35.6729)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A49B #A44049

analogous

#40A469 #40A49B #407BA4

triadic

#40A49B #9B40A4 #A49B40

tetradic

#40A49B #6940A4 #A44049 #7BA440

square

#40A49B #6940A4 #A44049 #7BA440

split-complementary

#40A49B #A4407B #A46940

monochromatic

#1E4C48 #2F7871 #40A49B #60C1B8 #8CD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#40A49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A49B

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A49B	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.093 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb8',
    500: '#40a49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a49b;
$custom-light: #80bfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A49B

secondary

#BD8388

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A49B

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

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