#40A68E#40A68E

#40A68E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.101 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A68E
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 14.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -35.39, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 35.58, 174.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.1008 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.101 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6307, 30.3133, 30.3497)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A68E #A64058

analogous

#40A65B #40A68E #408BA6

triadic

#40A68E #8E40A6 #A68E40

tetradic

#40A68E #5B40A6 #A64058 #8BA640

square

#40A68E #5B40A6 #A64058 #8BA640

split-complementary

#40A68E #A6408B #A65B40

monochromatic

#1E4E42 #2F7A68 #40A68E #61C2AB #8DD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#40A68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#40A68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A68E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A68E	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)

#A09C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.101 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1af',
    500: '#40a68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a68e;
$custom-light: #80c1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.659,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A68E

secondary

#BE8491

accent

#5472D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A68E

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

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