#40A697#40A697

#40A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.097 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A697
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -33.05, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 33.06, 181.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0965 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.097 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3339, 30.5946, 34.0532)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A697 #A6404F

analogous

#40A664 #40A697 #4082A6

triadic

#40A697 #9740A6 #A69740

tetradic

#40A697 #6440A6 #A6404F #82A640

square

#40A697 #6440A6 #A6404F #82A640

split-complementary

#40A697 #A64082 #A66440

monochromatic

#1E4E47 #2F7A6F #40A697 #61C2B4 #8DD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#40A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A697

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A697	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.097 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1b5',
    500: '#40a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a697;
$custom-light: #80c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66176,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A697

secondary

#BE848C

accent

#5467D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A697

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

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