#40A591#40A591

#40A591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.098 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A591
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -34.16, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 34.20, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0982 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.098 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6779, 30.0425, 31.4916)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A591 #A54054

analogous

#40A55F #40A591 #4086A5

triadic

#40A591 #9140A5 #A59140

tetradic

#40A591 #5F40A5 #A54054 #86A540

square

#40A591 #5F40A5 #A54054 #86A540

split-complementary

#40A591 #A54086 #A55F40

monochromatic

#1E4D43 #2F796A #40A591 #61C2AE #8DD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#40A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A591

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A591	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.098 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0b1',
    500: '#40a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a591;
$custom-light: #80c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.119,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A591

secondary

#BE838F

accent

#546DD4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A591

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

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