#40A588#40A588

#40A588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A588
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -36.43, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 36.99, 170.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.1025 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.104 171)
XYZ	xyz(20.0113, 29.7758, 27.9805)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A588 #A5405D

analogous

#40A555 #40A588 #4090A5

triadic

#40A588 #8840A5 #A58840

tetradic

#40A588 #5540A5 #A5405D #90A540

square

#40A588 #5540A5 #A5405D #90A540

split-complementary

#40A588 #A54090 #A55540

monochromatic

#1E4D3F #2F7964 #40A588 #61C2A6 #8DD3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#40A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#40A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A588

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A588	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0aa',
    500: '#40a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a588;
$custom-light: #7fc0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.772,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65473,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.29778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A588

secondary

#BE8394

accent

#5479D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A588

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

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