#40A698#40A698

#40A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.096 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A698
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -32.78, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 32.82, 182.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0961 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.096 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4155, 30.6272, 34.4827)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A698 #A6404E

analogous

#40A665 #40A698 #4081A6

triadic

#40A698 #9840A6 #A69840

tetradic

#40A698 #6540A6 #A6404E #81A640

square

#40A698 #6540A6 #A6404E #81A640

split-complementary

#40A698 #A64081 #A66540

monochromatic

#1E4E47 #2F7A70 #40A698 #61C2B5 #8DD3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#40A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#40A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A698

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A698	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.096 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1b6',
    500: '#40a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a698;
$custom-light: #80c1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66207,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A698

secondary

#BE848C

accent

#5465D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A698

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

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