#40A69D#40A69D

#40A69D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.095 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A69D
RGB	rgb(64, 166, 157)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -31.43, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 31.69, 187.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0938 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.095 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8336, 30.7945, 36.6850)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A69D #A64049

analogous

#40A66A #40A69D #407CA6

triadic

#40A69D #9D40A6 #A69D40

tetradic

#40A69D #6A40A6 #A64049 #7CA640

square

#40A69D #6A40A6 #A64049 #7CA640

split-complementary

#40A69D #A6407C #A66A40

monochromatic

#1E4E49 #2F7A73 #40A69D #61C2BA #8DD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#40A69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#40A69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A69D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A69D	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 166, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.095 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b9',
    500: '#40a69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a69d;
$custom-light: #81c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6637,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A69D

secondary

#BE8489

accent

#545FD4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A69D

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

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