#40A682#40A682

#40A682 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A682
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 130)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -38.32, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 39.60, 165.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.1065 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.11 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7778, 29.9721, 25.8577)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A682 #A64064

analogous

#40A64F #40A682 #4097A6

triadic

#40A682 #8240A6 #A68240

tetradic

#40A682 #4F40A6 #A64064 #97A640

square

#40A682 #4F40A6 #A64064 #97A640

split-complementary

#40A682 #A64097 #A64F40

monochromatic

#1E4E3D #2F7A5F #40A682 #61C2A0 #8DD3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#40A682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#40A682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A682

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A682	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)

#A29B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc1a6',
    500: '#40a682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a682;
$custom-light: #7fc1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65564,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A682

secondary

#BE8498

accent

#5481D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A682

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

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