#40A79E#40A79E

#40A79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.095 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A79E
RGB	rgb(64, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -31.63, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 31.90, 187.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0944 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.095 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1019, 31.1937, 37.1973)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A79E #A74049

analogous

#40A76A #40A79E #407DA7

triadic

#40A79E #9E40A7 #A79E40

tetradic

#40A79E #6A40A7 #A74049 #7DA740

square

#40A79E #6A40A7 #A74049 #7DA740

split-complementary

#40A79E #A7407D #A76A40

monochromatic

#1E4F4A #2F7B74 #40A79E #62C3BA #8ED4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#40A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#40A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A79E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A79E	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.095 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1ba',
    500: '#40a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a79e;
$custom-light: #81c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.757,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66653,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A79E

secondary

#BF8489

accent

#545FD4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A79E

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

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