#40A699#40A699

#40A699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.096 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A699
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -32.51, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 32.58, 183.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0956 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.096 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4977, 30.6601, 34.9159)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A699 #A6404D

analogous

#40A666 #40A699 #4080A6

triadic

#40A699 #9940A6 #A69940

tetradic

#40A699 #6640A6 #A6404D #80A640

square

#40A699 #6640A6 #A6404D #80A640

split-complementary

#40A699 #A64080 #A66640

monochromatic

#1E4E48 #2F7A70 #40A699 #61C2B6 #8DD3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#40A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#40A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A699

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A699	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.096 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1b7',
    500: '#40a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a699;
$custom-light: #80c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66239,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A699

secondary

#BE848B

accent

#5464D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A699

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

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