#40A595#40A595

#40A595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A595
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 149)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 9.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -33.11, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 33.11, 180.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0964 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.096 181)
XYZ	xyz(20.9918, 30.1680, 33.1447)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A595 #A54050

analogous

#40A562 #40A595 #4083A5

triadic

#40A595 #9540A5 #A59540

tetradic

#40A595 #6240A5 #A54050 #83A540

square

#40A595 #6240A5 #A54050 #83A540

split-complementary

#40A595 #A54083 #A56240

monochromatic

#1E4D45 #2F796D #40A595 #61C2B2 #8DD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#40A595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#40A595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A595

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A595	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)

#9E9C94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0b4',
    500: '#40a595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a595;
$custom-light: #80c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.495,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65861,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A595

secondary

#BE838C

accent

#5468D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A595

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

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