#40A79D#40A79D

#40A79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.095 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A79D
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -31.90, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 32.11, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0949 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.095 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0161, 31.1594, 36.7459)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A79D #A7404A

analogous

#40A76A #40A79D #407DA7

triadic

#40A79D #9D40A7 #A79D40

tetradic

#40A79D #6A40A7 #A7404A #7DA740

square

#40A79D #6A40A7 #A7404A #7DA740

split-complementary

#40A79D #A7407D #A76A40

monochromatic

#1E4F4A #2F7B73 #40A79D #62C3B9 #8ED4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#40A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A79D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A79D	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.095 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b9',
    500: '#40a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a79d;
$custom-light: #81c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6662,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A79D

secondary

#BF848A

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A79D

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

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