#40A596#40A596

#40A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A596
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -32.84, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 32.86, 181.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0959 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.096 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0720, 30.2001, 33.5669)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A596 #A5404F

analogous

#40A563 #40A596 #4082A5

triadic

#40A596 #9640A5 #A59640

tetradic

#40A596 #6340A5 #A5404F #82A540

square

#40A596 #6340A5 #A5404F #82A540

split-complementary

#40A596 #A54082 #A56340

monochromatic

#1E4D46 #2F796E #40A596 #61C2B3 #8DD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#40A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#40A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A596

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A596	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0b4',
    500: '#40a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a596;
$custom-light: #80c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.089,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65892,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A596

secondary

#BE838C

accent

#5467D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A596

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

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