#40A599#40A599

#40A599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.095 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A599
RGB	rgb(64, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -32.04, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 32.13, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0945 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.095 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3167, 30.2979, 34.8555)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A599 #A5404C

analogous

#40A566 #40A599 #407FA5

triadic

#40A599 #9940A5 #A59940

tetradic

#40A599 #6640A5 #A5404C #7FA540

square

#40A599 #6640A5 #A5404C #7FA540

split-complementary

#40A599 #A5407F #A56640

monochromatic

#1E4D47 #2F7970 #40A599 #61C2B6 #8DD3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#40A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#40A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A599

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A599	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.095 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0b7',
    500: '#40a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a599;
$custom-light: #80c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.871,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65988,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A599

secondary

#BE838A

accent

#5463D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A599

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

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