#40A58C#40A58C

#40A58C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A58C
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 140)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 15.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -35.43, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 35.69, 173.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.1006 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.101 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3009, 29.8916, 29.5057)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A58C #A54059

analogous

#40A55A #40A58C #408BA5

triadic

#40A58C #8C40A5 #A58C40

tetradic

#40A58C #5A40A5 #A54059 #8BA540

square

#40A58C #5A40A5 #A54059 #8BA540

split-complementary

#40A58C #A5408B #A55A40

monochromatic

#1E4D41 #2F7967 #40A58C #61C2AA #8DD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#40A58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#40A58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A58C

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A58C	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0ad',
    500: '#40a58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a58c;
$custom-light: #7fc0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.149,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65588,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A58C

secondary

#BE8392

accent

#5474D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A58C

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

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