#40A49E#40A49E

#40A49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A49E
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -30.19, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 30.69, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0911 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.092 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5586, 30.1073, 37.0162)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A49E #A44046

analogous

#40A46C #40A49E #4078A4

triadic

#40A49E #9E40A4 #A49E40

tetradic

#40A49E #6C40A4 #A44046 #78A440

square

#40A49E #6C40A4 #A44046 #78A440

split-complementary

#40A49E #A44078 #A46C40

monochromatic

#1E4C49 #2F7874 #40A49E #60C1BB #8CD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#40A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#40A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A49E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A49E	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)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfba',
    500: '#40a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a49e;
$custom-light: #80bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A49E

secondary

#BD8386

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A49E

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

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