#40A49D#40A49D

#40A49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.093 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A49D
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -30.46, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 30.88, 189.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0916 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.093 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4729, 30.0730, 36.5648)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A49D #A44047

analogous

#40A46B #40A49D #4079A4

triadic

#40A49D #9D40A4 #A49D40

tetradic

#40A49D #6B40A4 #A44047 #79A440

square

#40A49D #6B40A4 #A44047 #79A440

split-complementary

#40A49D #A44079 #A46B40

monochromatic

#1E4C49 #2F7873 #40A49D #60C1BA #8CD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#40A49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#40A49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A49D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A49D	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.093 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfb9',
    500: '#40a49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a49d;
$custom-light: #80bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6587,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A49D

secondary

#BD8387

accent

#545DD4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A49D

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

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