#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
RGBrgb(64, 167, 158)
HSLhsl(175, 45%, 45%)
HSVhsv(175, 62%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.67, -31.63, -4.17)
CIE-LCHlch(62.67, 31.90, 187.52°)
OKLaboklab(66.65% -0.0944 -0.0118)
OKLCHoklch(66.65% 0.095 187.1)
XYZxyz(22.1019, 31.1937, 37.1973)
Luminance0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##40A79E1.002.907.247.24
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2421.001.001.00
##0000007.2421.001.001.00

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

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#40A79E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva