#40A49F#40A49F

#40A49F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A49F
RGB	rgb(64, 164, 159)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -29.91, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 30.52, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0907 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.092 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6451, 30.1418, 37.4714)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A49F #A44045

analogous

#40A46D #40A49F #4077A4

triadic

#40A49F #9F40A4 #A49F40

tetradic

#40A49F #6D40A4 #A44045 #77A440

square

#40A49F #6D40A4 #A44045 #77A440

split-complementary

#40A49F #A44077 #A46D40

monochromatic

#1E4C4A #2F7874 #40A49F #60C1BC #8CD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#40A49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#40A49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A49F

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A49F	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 164, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfbb',
    500: '#40a49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a49f;
$custom-light: #80bfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65938,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A49F

secondary

#BD8386

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A49F

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

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