#40A58E#40A58E

#40A58E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A58E
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 13.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -34.93, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 35.08, 174.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0996 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.1 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4497, 29.9511, 30.2894)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A58E #A54057

analogous

#40A55C #40A58E #4089A5

triadic

#40A58E #8E40A5 #A58E40

tetradic

#40A58E #5C40A5 #A54057 #89A540

square

#40A58E #5C40A5 #A54057 #89A540

split-complementary

#40A58E #A54089 #A55C40

monochromatic

#1E4D42 #2F7968 #40A58E #61C2AB #8DD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#40A58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A58E

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A58E	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0af',
    500: '#40a58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a58e;
$custom-light: #80c0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.337,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65647,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A58E

secondary

#BE8390

accent

#5471D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A58E

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

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